Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1653 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1653, located approximately 2,462.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.35 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 140.252 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4706 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 284 K (11 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,462.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.803
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,425,794 years

Kepler-1653 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.194 R♃
Mass
5.35 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.017 M♃
Density
2.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.803
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1720of 1978

top 86.9%

This planet

2.17R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1653 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.35317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.881.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.980.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184561612

System

Kepler-1653

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.170 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.350 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 140.25 d · percentile 96 / cohort 1946
Distance 755.00 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.803 · percentile 100 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
140.252 days
Semi-major axis
0.4706 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 140.25 Earth days (38.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4706 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.067 %

Duration

6.600 h

Impact parameter b

0.520

Rp / R★

0.028600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,008.1340

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 665 ppm lasting ≈ 6.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

146.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.520

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,008.1340

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.62300

Eq. Temperature

284K

(11 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.98

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.803

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Torres et al. 2017

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2017-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1653

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,807 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.693 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.719 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.618 dex

Stellar density

2.160 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
755.00 parsec
Light-years 2,462.48 ly
V-band magnitude
15.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,425,794 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.417.016.98B15.86V15.43Kepler14.67TESS16.32Sloan g15.41Sloan r15.05Sloan i14.88Sloan z13.88J13.28H13.21K13.14W113.23W212.97W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

5.200 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.335 · y = -0.673 · z = 0.660

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.45770° · Dec 41.26602°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.352° · 8.248°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.323° · 60.786°

HTM-20 index

-1576062952

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