Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1321 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf Kepler-1321, located approximately 2,508.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.63 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 5.721 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0501 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 509 K (236 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,508.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.479
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 44,239,438 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-1321

Kepler-1321 d 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-1321 c Sub-Neptune 2.40 6.35 2.226 697 2016
Kepler-1321 d this Sub-Neptune 2.63 7.41 5.721 509 2021
Kepler-1321 b Neptune-like 4.92 21.50 11.128 408 2016

Kepler-1321 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.63 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.234 R♃
Mass
7.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
2.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.479
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

#987of 1978

top 49.8%

This planet

2.63R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1321 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0015.840.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271165895

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128141834020807680

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128141834020807680

System

Kepler-1321

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.628 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.410 M⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.72 d · percentile 16 / cohort 1946
Distance 769.15 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.479 · percentile 68 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.721 days
Semi-major axis
0.0501 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.41 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.72 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0501 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.132 %

Duration

2.618 h

Impact parameter b

0.166

Rp / R★

0.032418

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.6628

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,316 ppm lasting ≈ 2.62 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.032418

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.240

Impact parameter (b)

0.166

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.6628

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06510

Eq. Temperature

509K

(236 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

15.84

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.479

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1321

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,640 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.26 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.503 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.513 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.744 dex

Stellar density

2.475 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
769.15 parsec
Light-years 2,508.62 ly
V-band magnitude
17.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 44,239,438 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.319.319.30B17.51V16.93Gaia16.84Kepler16.08TESS18.02Sloan g16.90Sloan r16.33Sloan i16.04Sloan z14.83J14.22H13.88K13.77W113.86W212.94W39.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.275 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.696 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

-21.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.285 · y = -0.625 · z = 0.727

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.52860° · Dec 46.64087°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.507° · 12.002°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.114° · 66.280°

HTM-20 index

-1101821351

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