Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

2MASS J19383260+4603591 b

A gas giant orbiting the b-type blue-white 2MASS J19383260+4603591, located approximately 1,292.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 603.88 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.36 g
  • An orbital period of 406.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.9200 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,292.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.362
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,796,068 years

2 siblings around 2MASS J19383260+4603591

2MASS J19383260+4603591 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-451 d Gas Giant 13.50 559.38 43.000 2022
2MASS J19383260+4603591 b this Gas Giant 13.40 603.88 406.000 2015
Kepler-451 c Gas Giant 13.50 511.70 1,460.000 2022
brightness_6

Circumbinary planet

2MASS J19383260+4603591 b orbits a binary-star pair rather than a single host — a minority architecture in the confirmed catalogue.

2MASS J19383260+4603591 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
603.88 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.900 M♃
Density
1.38 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.36 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.362
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Eclipse Timing Variations
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 2MASS J19383260+4603591 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00603.88317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.381.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.362.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 603.877 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 591.161 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271164763

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080063931448749824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080063931448749824

System

2MASS J19383260+4603591

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 603.877 M⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 406.00 d · percentile 64 / cohort 1533
Distance 396.33 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.362 · percentile 74 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
406.000 days
Semi-major axis
0.9200 AU
Eccentricity
0.330
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.11 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.9200 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.362

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Baran et al. 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: 2MASS J19383260+4603591

Spectral Class

B-type blue-white

Effective Temperature

29,564 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.203 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.480 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Distance
396.33 parsec
Light-years 1,292.66 ly
V-band magnitude
12.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,796,068 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.213.012.11B12.65V12.14Gaia12.26Kepler12.46TESS11.96Sloan g12.36Sloan r12.72Sloan i13.04Sloan z12.76J12.89H12.96K12.86W112.92W212.67W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.495 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.965 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.289 · y = -0.631 · z = 0.720

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.63592° · Dec 46.06641°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.019° · 11.674°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.705° · 65.725°

HTM-20 index

-1217063556

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