Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

Kepler-1654 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1654, located approximately 1,852.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 158.92 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.89 g
  • An orbital period of 1,047.836 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.0260 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 206 K (-67 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,852.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.396
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,676,731 years

Kepler-1654 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.819 R♃
Mass
158.92 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.500 M♃
Density
1.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.89 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.396
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#71of 574

top 12.2%

This planet

9.18R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1654 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00158.92317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.892.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 158.915 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123417316

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105415302330571008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105415302330571008

System

Kepler-1654

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.180 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 574
Mass 158.915 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 574
Orbital period 1,047.84 d · percentile 98 / cohort 524
Distance 568.12 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 572
ESI 0.396 · percentile 72 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,047.836 days
Semi-major axis
2.0260 AU
Eccentricity
0.260
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.87 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.0260 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.510 %

Duration

22.992 h

Impact parameter b

0.114

Rp / R★

0.071380

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,375.1341

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,096 ppm lasting ≈ 22.99 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.071380

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

370.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.114

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,375.1341

Long. of periastron (ω)

81.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

3.57000

Eq. Temperature

206K

(-67 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.396

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Beyond the outer HZ boundary (too cold) — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Beichman et al. 2018

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2018-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1654

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,597 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.179 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.011 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

0.876 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
568.12 parsec
Light-years 1,852.95 ly
V-band magnitude
13.50 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,676,731 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.314.33B13.50V13.41Gaia13.42Kepler12.95TESS13.86Sloan g13.37Sloan r13.24Sloan i13.13Sloan z12.28J11.93H11.92K11.88W111.93W211.85W39.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.731 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.157 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-16.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.75 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.151 · y = -0.698 · z = 0.700

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.18569° · Dec 44.43446°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.867° · 19.069°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.607° · 66.920°

HTM-20 index

-204342261

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