Artist impression of Kepler-1593 b exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1593 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1593, located approximately 2,081.7 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.02 g
  • An orbital period of 174.510 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5549 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 260 K (-13 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,081.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.650
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 36,710,555 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-1593 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.283 R♃
Mass
10.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.032 M♃
Density
1.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.650
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#378of 1978

top 19.1%

This planet

3.17R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1593 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.022.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.890.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 239306899

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076087964270165632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076087964270165632

System

Kepler-1593

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.170 R⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.200 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 174.51 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1946
Distance 638.25 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.650 · percentile 88 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
174.510 days
Semi-major axis
0.5549 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 174.51 Earth days (47.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5549 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.153 %

Duration

7.098 h

Impact parameter b

0.460

Rp / R★

0.038453

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,034.4727

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,530 ppm lasting ≈ 7.10 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038453

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

169.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.460

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,034.4727

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.86900

Eq. Temperature

260K

(-13 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.89

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.650

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — surface water would be frozen.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1593

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,995 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.63 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

2.220 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
638.25 parsec
Light-years 2,081.69 ly
V-band magnitude
16.19 mag
Voyager-speed travel 36,710,555 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.417.517.52B16.19V15.88Gaia15.87Kepler15.17TESS16.84Sloan g15.81Sloan r15.46Sloan i15.22Sloan z14.19J13.68H13.45K13.42W113.53W212.70W39.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.539 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.084 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.92 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.362 · y = -0.615 · z = 0.700

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 300.48820° · Dec 44.46067°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.636° · 7.297°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.726° · 62.533°

HTM-20 index

-1671286597

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