Artist impression of Kepler-1533 b exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1533 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1533, located approximately 3,153.3 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 308.547 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.9342 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 330 K (57 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,153.28 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.612
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 55,608,080 years

Context from the literature

The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler space telescope contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances, masses, radii, composition, habitability, and host star type. As of June 16 2023, the Kepler space telescope and its follow-up observations have detected 2,778 planets, including hot Jupiters, super-Earths, circumbinary planets, and planets located in the circumstellar habitable zones of their host stars. Kepler has detected over 3,601 unconfirmed planet candidates and 2,165 eclipsing binary stars.

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Kepler-1533 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.309 R♃
Mass
11.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.037 M♃
Density
1.57 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.612
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#193of 1978

top 9.7%

This planet

3.46R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1533 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.571.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.790.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271970605

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079749956462030720

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079749956462030720

System

Kepler-1533

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.460 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.800 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 308.55 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1946
Distance 966.80 pc · percentile 76 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.612 · percentile 83 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
308.547 days
Semi-major axis
0.9342 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 308.55 Earth days (84.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.9342 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.059 %

Duration

18.464 h

Impact parameter b

0.022

Rp / R★

0.020857

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,129.0682

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 587 ppm lasting ≈ 18.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.020857

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

130.198

Impact parameter (b)

0.022

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,129.0682

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.96600

Eq. Temperature

330K

(57 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.79

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.612

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1533

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,431 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.19 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.510 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.310 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

0.240 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
966.80 parsec
Light-years 3,153.28 ly
V-band magnitude
13.29 mag
Voyager-speed travel 55,608,080 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.514.013.98B13.29V13.17Gaia13.22Kepler12.78TESS13.54Sloan g13.16Sloan r13.08Sloan i13.05Sloan z12.22J11.97H11.93K11.87W111.89W212.15W39.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.006 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.026 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.311 · y = -0.639 · z = 0.704

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.97556° · Dec 44.71337°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.245° · 10.212°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.458° · 64.109°

HTM-20 index

-1978022169

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