Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1600 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1600, located approximately 3,362.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.43 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 7.298 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0696 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 786 K (513 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,362.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.353
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 59,289,725 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-1600

Kepler-1600 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-1600 c this Super-Earth 1.94 4.43 7.298 786 2021
Kepler-1600 b Sub-Neptune 3.13 9.96 386.371 209 2016

Kepler-1600 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.173 R♃
Mass
4.43 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.353
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

#78of 1176

top 6.5%

This planet

1.94R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1600 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.43317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0084.700.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137151626

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052754540819149568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052754540819149568

System

Kepler-1600

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.942 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.430 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.30 d · percentile 54 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,030.81 pc · percentile 82 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.353 · percentile 51 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.298 days
Semi-major axis
0.0696 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.63 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.30 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0696 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.037 %

Duration

3.024 h

Impact parameter b

0.411

Rp / R★

0.017565

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.8567

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 371 ppm lasting ≈ 3.02 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017565

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.580

Impact parameter (b)

0.411

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.8567

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06750

Eq. Temperature

786K

(513 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

84.70

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.353

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1600

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,119 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.92 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.834 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.818 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.508 dex

Stellar density

1.801 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,030.81 parsec
Light-years 3,362.05 ly
V-band magnitude
16.08 mag
Voyager-speed travel 59,289,725 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.616.65B16.08V15.81Gaia15.83Kepler15.22TESS16.55Sloan g15.76Sloan r15.51Sloan i15.40Sloan z14.35J13.90H13.90K13.85W113.88W212.74W39.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.942 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.004 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.95 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.284 · y = -0.726 · z = 0.626

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.39938° · Dec 38.78776°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.302° · 10.523°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.312° · 59.703°

HTM-20 index

2111467440

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