Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

Kepler-1665 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1665, located approximately 1,094.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.44 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 11.955 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0960 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 906 K (633 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,094.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.265
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,298,020 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1665 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.253 R♃
Mass
8.44 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
2.03 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.265
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#699of 1978

top 35.3%

This planet

2.84R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1665 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.44317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.031.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0040.400.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122442334

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101773689759891328

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101773689759891328

System

Kepler-1665

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.839 R⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.440 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.95 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1946
Distance 335.52 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.265 · percentile 20 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.955 days
Semi-major axis
0.0960 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.03 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.95 Earth days (3.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0960 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.090 %

Duration

2.143 h

Impact parameter b

0.084

Rp / R★

0.026872

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,011.7214

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 904 ppm lasting ≈ 2.14 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026872

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

44.020

Impact parameter (b)

0.084

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,011.7214

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.28600

Eq. Temperature

906K

(633 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

40.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.265

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

Armstrong et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1665

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,050 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.778 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.842 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.582 dex

Stellar density

2.523 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
335.52 parsec
Light-years 1,094.30 ly
V-band magnitude
13.74 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,298,020 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.614.814.78B13.74V13.59Gaia13.59Kepler13.01TESS14.30Sloan g13.53Sloan r13.29Sloan i13.19Sloan z12.11J11.61H11.57K11.45W111.49W211.20W38.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.952 mas

Total Proper Motion

32.282 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-31.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.263 · y = -0.707 · z = 0.657

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.39624° · Dec 41.03992°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.023° · 12.201°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.151° · 62.082°

HTM-20 index

-1602288110

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