Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Cygnus [1] |
Right ascension | 19h 44m 27.0201s [2] |
Declination | +39° 58′ 43.594″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.804[ citation needed ] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | main sequence [2] |
Spectral type | M0V [3] |
Variable type | planetary transit |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −1.373(20) mas/yr [2] Dec.: −7.207(24) mas/yr [2] |
Parallax (π) | 2.6675±0.0183 mas [2] |
Distance | 1,223 ± 8 ly (375 ± 3 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 0.730[ citation needed ] M☉ |
Radius | 0.678[ citation needed ] R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.170[ citation needed ] L☉ |
Temperature | 4540[ citation needed ] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.56 [4] dex |
Rotation | 25.567±0.252 days [5] |
Other designations | |
KOI-500, KIC 4852528, 2MASS J19442701+3958436 [3] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
KIC | data |
Kepler-80, also known as KOI-500, is a red dwarf star of the spectral type M0V. [3] This stellar classification places Kepler-80 among the very common, cool, class M stars that are still within their main evolutionary stage, known as the main sequence. Kepler-80, like other red dwarf stars, is smaller than the Sun, and it has both radius, mass, temperatures, and luminosity lower than that of our own star. [6] Kepler-80 is found approximately 1,223 light years from the Solar System, in the stellar constellation Cygnus, also known as the Swan.
The Kepler-80 system has 6 known exoplanets. [7] [8] The discovery of the five inner planets was announced in October 2012, marking Kepler-80 as the first star identified with five orbiting planets. [9] [6] In 2017, an additional planet, Kepler-80g, was discovered by use of artificial intelligence and deep learning to analyse data from the Kepler space telescope. [8] The method used to discover Kepler-80g had been developed by Google, and during the same study another planet was found, Kepler-90i, which brought the total number of known planets in Kepler-90 up to 8 planets. [10]
The exoplanets around Kepler-80 were discovered and observed using the Kepler Space Telescope. This telescope uses the so called transit method , where the planets move in between the star and the Earth and thereby dim the light of the star as seen from the Earth. By using photometry the transit of a planet in front of its star can be seen as a dip in the light curve of the star. After the initial discovery the five innermost planets have all been confirmed through additional investigations. Kepler-80b and Kepler-80c were both confirmed in 2013 based on their transit-timing variation (TTV). [11] Kepler-80d and Kepler-80e were validated in 2014 based on statistical analysis of the Kepler data. [12] [13] Finally the innermost planet, Kepler-80f was confirmed in 2016. [13]
All six known planets in the Kepler-80 system orbit very close to the star, and their distances to the star (the semi-major axes are all smaller than 0.2 AU). For comparison the planet in the Solar System closest to the star, Mercury, has a semi major axis of 0.389 AU, and so the entire known system of Kepler-80 can lie within the orbit of Mercury. [14] This makes Kepler-80 a very compact system and it is one of many STIP's (Systems with Tightly-packed Inner Planets) that have been discovered by the Kepler telescope. [9]
In 2014, the dynamical simulation shown what the Kepler-80 planetary system have likely to undergone a substantial inward migration in the past, producing an observed pattern of lower-mass planets on tightest orbits. [15]
Companion (in order from star) | Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) | Orbital period (days) | Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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f | — | 0.0175 ± 0.0002 | 0.98678730 ± 0.00000006 | ~0 | 86.50 +2.36 −2.59 ° | 1.031+0.033 −0.027 [19] R🜨 |
d | 4.1 ± 0.4 [20] M🜨 | 0.0372 ± 0.0005 [19] | 3.07221 ± 0.00003 | 0.005+0.004 −0.003 [20] | 88.35 +1.12 −1.51 [19] ° | 1.309+0.036 −0.032 [19] R🜨 |
e | 2.2 ± 0.4 [20] M🜨 | 0.0491 ± 0.0007 [19] | 4.6453 +0.00010 −0.00009 [20] | 0.008 ± 0.004 [20] | 88.79 +0.84 −1.07 [19] ° | 1.330+0.039 −0.038 [19] R🜨 |
b | 2.4 ± 0.6 [20] M🜨 | 0.0658 ± 0.0009 [19] | 7.05325 ± 0.00009 [20] | 0.006 +0.005 −0.004 [20] | 89.34 +0.46 −0.62 [19] ° | 2.367+0.055 −0.052 [19] R🜨 |
c | 3.4+0.9 −0.7 [20] M🜨 | 0.0792 ± 0.0011 [19] | 9.5232 ± 0.0002 [20] | 0.010 +0.006 −0.005 [20] | 89.33 +0.47 −0.57 [19] ° | 2.507+0.061 −0.058 [19] R🜨 |
g | 1.0 ± 0.3 [20] M🜨 | 0.142 +0.037 −0.051 [19] | 14.6471 +0.0007 −0.0012 [20] | 0.02 +0.03 −0.02 [20] | 89.35 +0.47 −0.98 [19] ° | 1.05+0.22 −0.24 [19] R🜨 |
The system Kepler-80 has orbits locked in a trio of three-body mean-motion orbital resonances; between Kepler-80 d, e, and b; between Kepler-80 e, b, and c; and between Kepler-80 b, c, and g. Interestingly, no two-body resonances have been found to exist in this system. [20]
While Kepler-80 d, e, b, c and g's periods are in a ~ 1.000: 1.512: 2.296: 3.100: 4.767 ratio, in a frame of reference that rotates with the conjunctions this reduces to a ratio of 4:6:9:12:18. Conjunctions of d and e, e and b, b and c, and c and g occur at relative intervals of 2:3:6:6 in a pattern that repeats about every 191 days. Modeling indicates the resonant system is stable to perturbations. Triple conjunctions do not occur. [8] [16]