Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-1669 d

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1669, located approximately 1,772.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 4.729 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0468 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 669 K (396 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,772.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.469
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,257,599 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-1669

Kepler-1669 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1669 c Super-Earth 1.90 4.27 1.609 958 2021
Kepler-1669 d this Rocky Terrestrial 1.22 1.98 4.729 669 2023
Kepler-1669 b Sub-Neptune 2.78 8.15 9.512 530 2020

Kepler-1669 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.109 R♃
Mass
1.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.006 M♃
Density
5.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.469
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#35of 570

top 6.0%

This planet

1.22R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1669 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0047.300.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169457234

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073652546016392448

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073652546016392448

System

Kepler-1669

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.220 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 570
Mass 1.980 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 570
Orbital period 4.73 d · percentile 52 / cohort 567
Distance 543.44 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 566
ESI 0.469 · percentile 68 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.729 days
Semi-major axis
0.0468 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.16 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.73 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0468 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.043 %

Duration

2.234 h

Impact parameter b

0.236

Rp / R★

0.018507

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.9387

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 434 ppm lasting ≈ 2.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018507

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.040

Impact parameter (b)

0.236

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.9387

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08610

Eq. Temperature

669K

(396 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

47.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.469

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. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1669

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,224 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.603 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.609 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.662 dex

Stellar density

3.488 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
543.44 parsec
Light-years 1,772.48 ly
V-band magnitude
16.47 mag
Voyager-speed travel 31,257,599 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.017.917.91B16.47V15.91Gaia15.94Kepler15.12TESS17.15Sloan g15.87Sloan r15.42Sloan i15.15Sloan z14.05J13.32H13.20K13.11W113.18W212.28W39.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.812 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.492 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.354 · y = -0.681 · z = 0.641

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.43038° · Dec 39.84788°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.472° · 6.908°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.679° · 59.197°

HTM-20 index

-1745764231

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