Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

Kepler-1489 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1489, located approximately 4,184.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.51 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.09 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.33 g
  • An orbital period of 0.681 days
  • Distance from Earth 4,184.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.753
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 73,797,966 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1489

Kepler-1489 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-1489 c this Rocky Terrestrial 0.51 0.09 0.681 2024
Kepler-1489 b Super-Earth 1.77 3.78 82.295 400 2016

Kepler-1489 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.51 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.046 R♃
Mass
0.09 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.000 M♃
Density
3.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.753
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#560of 570

top 98.1%

This planet

0.51R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1489 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.5111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.09317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123312978

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2117323498594316544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2117323498594316544

System

Kepler-1489

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.510 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 570
Mass 0.087 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 570
Orbital period 0.68 d · percentile 5 / cohort 567
Distance 1,283.05 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 566
ESI 0.753 · percentile 85 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.681 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 16.3 hours long.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

1.700 h

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,832.9600

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.753

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wang et al. 2024

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2024-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1489

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,566 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.07 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.957 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.977 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

1.600 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,283.05 parsec
Light-years 4,184.74 ly
V-band magnitude
14.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 73,797,966 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.815.77B14.98V14.81Gaia14.83Kepler14.34TESS15.26Sloan g14.78Sloan r14.64Sloan i14.58Sloan z13.68J13.29H13.25K13.24W113.28W212.61W39.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.751 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.600 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.140 · y = -0.700 · z = 0.700

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.29580° · Dec 44.46541°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.674° · 19.678°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.033° · 67.082°

HTM-20 index

-54448954

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