Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1165 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1165, located approximately 5,137.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 29.969 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1969 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 644 K (371 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 5,137.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.349
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 90,601,735 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1165

Kepler-1165 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1165 b Super-Earth 1.55 3.02 9.479 946 2016
Kepler-1165 c this Sub-Neptune 3.36 11.20 29.969 644 2021

Kepler-1165 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.300 R♃
Mass
11.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.035 M♃
Density
1.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.349
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#241of 1978

top 12.1%

This planet

3.36R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1165 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0040.760.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158326744

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106208363750121728

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106208363750121728

System

Kepler-1165

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.361 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.200 M⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 29.97 d · percentile 73 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,575.20 pc · percentile 94 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.349 · percentile 41 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
29.969 days
Semi-major axis
0.1969 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.52 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 29.97 Earth days (8.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1969 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.031 %

Duration

6.710 h

Impact parameter b

0.777

Rp / R★

0.016909

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,980.8605

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 310 ppm lasting ≈ 6.71 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016909

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.680

Impact parameter (b)

0.777

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,980.8605

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12500

Eq. Temperature

644K

(371 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

40.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.349

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1165

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,249 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.076 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.130 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.428 dex

Stellar density

0.790 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,575.20 parsec
Light-years 5,137.61 ly
V-band magnitude
14.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 90,601,735 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.614.814.56B14.52V14.39Gaia14.46Kepler13.97TESS14.84Sloan g14.39Sloan r14.29Sloan i14.26Sloan z13.36J13.08H13.07K12.99W113.06W213.04W39.55W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.606 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.461 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.207 · y = -0.680 · z = 0.703

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.97123° · Dec 44.70827°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.422° · 15.988°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.101° · 66.324°

HTM-20 index

-1901622934

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