Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

KOI-3680 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) KOI-3680, located approximately 3,007.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 613.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.98 g
  • An orbital period of 141.242 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5340 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 347 K (74 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,007.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.461
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 53,030,429 years

KOI-3680 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.990 R♃
Mass
613.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.930 M♃
Density
2.46 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.98 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.461
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1654of 1771

top 93.3%

This planet

11.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-3680 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00613.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.461.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.982.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 613.412 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275574174

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126518783059463168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126518783059463168

System

KOI-3680

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.097 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1771
Mass 613.412 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 141.24 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1533
Distance 921.99 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.461 · percentile 99 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
141.242 days
Semi-major axis
0.5340 AU
Eccentricity
0.496
Inclination
89.89 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 141.24 Earth days (38.7% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.5340 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.299 %

Duration

6.737 h

Impact parameter b

0.150

Rp / R★

0.106460

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,936.6543

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 12,991 ppm lasting ≈ 6.74 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.106460

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

125.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.150

RV semi-amplitude (K)

87.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,936.6543

Long. of periastron (ω)

154.70°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.57900

Eq. Temperature

347K

(74 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.461

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KOI-3680

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,830 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.960 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.473 dex

Stellar density

1.880 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-44.93 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
921.99 parsec
Light-years 3,007.11 ly
V-band magnitude
14.62 mag
Voyager-speed travel 53,030,429 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.315.26B14.62V14.50Gaia14.52Kepler14.03TESS14.99Sloan g14.47Sloan r14.33Sloan i14.27Sloan z13.38J13.04H13.10K13.00W113.01W212.39W39.47W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.056 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.059 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.278 · y = -0.646 · z = 0.711

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.28153° · Dec 45.30966°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.892° · 12.178°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.886° · 65.398°

HTM-20 index

-1579208343

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