Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1468 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1468, located approximately 6,194.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.33 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 19.591 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1456 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 819 K (546 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,194.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.276
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 109,239,741 years

2 siblings around Kepler-1468

Kepler-1468 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-1468 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.15 1.60 3.546 1,448 2016
Kepler-1468 b Super-Earth 1.73 3.64 8.240 1,093 2016
Kepler-1468 d this Sub-Neptune 3.33 11.10 19.591 819 2021

Kepler-1468 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.33 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.297 R♃
Mass
11.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.035 M♃
Density
1.65 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.276
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

#260of 1978

top 13.1%

This planet

3.33R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1468 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.651.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0052.770.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 138219758

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077389820395188736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077389820395188736

System

Kepler-1468

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.332 R⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.100 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 19.59 d · percentile 61 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,899.24 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.276 · percentile 22 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
19.591 days
Semi-major axis
0.1456 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.43 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 19.59 Earth days (5.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1456 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

6.665 h

Impact parameter b

0.095

Rp / R★

0.015985

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,977.6587

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 297 ppm lasting ≈ 6.67 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015985

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.720

Impact parameter (b)

0.095

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,977.6587

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07670

Eq. Temperature

819K

(546 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

52.77

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.276

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-1468

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,794 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.496 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.072 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.118 dex

Stellar density

0.353 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,899.24 parsec
Light-years 6,194.49 ly
V-band magnitude
15.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 109,239,741 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.015.95B15.11V14.95Gaia15.02Kepler14.47TESS15.54Sloan g14.98Sloan r14.80Sloan i14.72Sloan z13.85J13.50H13.46K13.38W113.44W212.89W39.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.498 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.906 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.300 · y = -0.689 · z = 0.660

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.51983° · Dec 41.27737°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.306° · 10.200°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.037° · 61.567°

HTM-20 index

1415711737

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