Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-1513 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1513, located approximately 1,139.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 84.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.70 g
  • An orbital period of 841.400 days
  • Distance from Earth 1,139.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.287
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,087,852 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1513

Kepler-1513 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-1513 b Neptune-like 8.59 48.31 160.884 346 2016
Kepler-1513 c this Gas Giant 11.00 84.54 841.400 2023

Kepler-1513 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.984 R♃
Mass
84.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.266 M♃
Density
0.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.287
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1662of 1771

top 93.8%

This planet

11.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1513 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0084.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 84.542 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 394177315

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100959501399885696

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100959501399885696

System

Kepler-1513

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.000 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 84.542 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 841.40 d · percentile 74 / cohort 1533
Distance 349.25 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.287 · percentile 54 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
841.400 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.125
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.30 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.287

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Yahalomi et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-10

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Host System: Kepler-1513

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,491 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.950 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.943 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.330 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
349.25 parsec
Light-years 1,139.09 ly
V-band magnitude
13.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,087,852 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.415.415.36U14.08B13.07V12.96Gaia12.89Kepler12.45TESS14.89Sloan g13.12Sloan r12.88Sloan i13.10Sloan z11.76J11.40H11.31K11.24W111.29W211.22W39.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.835 mas

Total Proper Motion

20.470 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

20.39 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.262 · y = -0.728 · z = 0.633

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.79176° · Dec 39.28527°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.201° · 11.863°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.187° · 60.532°

HTM-20 index

-882088478

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