Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

Kepler-1666 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1666, located approximately 4,498.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 40.716 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2383 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 578 K (305 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,498.90 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.392
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 79,338,062 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1666

Kepler-1666 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-1666 b Sub-Neptune 2.88 8.66 25.848 672 2020
Kepler-1666 c this Sub-Neptune 3.24 10.50 40.716 578 2020

Kepler-1666 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.289 R♃
Mass
10.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.392
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

#324of 1978

top 16.3%

This planet

3.24R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1666 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0026.340.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 273685548

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079523903745213056

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079523903745213056

System

Kepler-1666

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.236 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.500 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 40.72 d · percentile 81 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,379.37 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.392 · percentile 51 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
40.716 days
Semi-major axis
0.2383 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 40.72 Earth days (11.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2383 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.068 %

Duration

6.975 h

Impact parameter b

0.600

Rp / R★

0.023993

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,979.3641

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 681 ppm lasting ≈ 6.98 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023993

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

46.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.600

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,979.3641

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17300

Eq. Temperature

578K

(305 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

26.34

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.392

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Armstrong et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1666

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,293 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.146 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.230 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

1.153 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,379.37 parsec
Light-years 4,498.90 ly
V-band magnitude
15.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 79,338,062 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.115.815.81B15.10V15.02Gaia15.08Kepler14.58TESS15.49Sloan g15.03Sloan r14.91Sloan i14.84Sloan z13.96J13.68H13.63K13.57W113.67W212.52W39.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.697 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.568 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.324 · y = -0.611 · z = 0.723

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.95161° · Dec 46.26470°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.302° · 9.745°

Ecliptic λ, β

319.895° · 64.936°

HTM-20 index

15392576

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