Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

KIC 10525077 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white KIC 10525077, located approximately 4,765.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 25.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.86 g
  • An orbital period of 854.083 days
  • Distance from Earth 4,765.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.449
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 84,041,852 years

KIC 10525077 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.491 R♃
Mass
25.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.082 M♃
Density
0.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.86 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.449
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#317of 574

top 55.1%

This planet

5.50R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KIC 10525077 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0025.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.862.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158489091

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131059594280288128

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131059594280288128

System

KIC 10525077

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.500 R⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 574
Mass 25.900 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 574
Orbital period 854.08 d · percentile 98 / cohort 524
Distance 1,461.15 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 572
ESI 0.449 · percentile 80 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
854.083 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.34 Earth years.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.250 %

Rp / R★

0.050000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,168.2360

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,500 ppm.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.449

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wang et al. 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KIC 10525077

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,091 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.010 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

0.810 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,461.15 parsec
Light-years 4,765.63 ly
V-band magnitude
15.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 84,041,852 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.015.96B15.59V15.30Gaia15.36Kepler14.83TESS15.80Sloan g15.27Sloan r15.16Sloan i15.03Sloan z14.14J13.87H13.75K13.75W113.80W213.13W39.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.656 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.299 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.201 · y = -0.641 · z = 0.740

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.37812° · Dec 47.77115°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.489° · 16.889°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.326° · 69.148°

HTM-20 index

-757993511

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