Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

Kepler-1684 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1684, located approximately 2,028.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.87 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 47.706 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2253 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 347 K (74 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,028.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.636
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,775,722 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1684 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.87 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.256 R♃
Mass
8.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
2.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.636
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

#658of 1978

top 33.2%

This planet

2.87R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1684 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.420.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270789362

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128117541685424128

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128117541685424128

System

Kepler-1684

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.871 R⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.600 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 47.71 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1946
Distance 622.00 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.636 · percentile 86 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
47.706 days
Semi-major axis
0.2253 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.24 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 47.71 Earth days (13.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2253 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.116 %

Duration

5.959 h

Impact parameter b

0.880

Rp / R★

0.038300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,979.3112

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,162 ppm lasting ≈ 5.96 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.880

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,979.3112

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.36200

Eq. Temperature

347K

(74 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.42

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.636

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. 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-1684

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,707 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.667 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.750 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.665 dex

Stellar density

3.567 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
622.00 parsec
Light-years 2,028.68 ly
V-band magnitude
15.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,775,722 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.217.016.94B15.95V15.77Gaia16.22Kepler15.07TESS17.02Sloan g16.19Sloan r15.87Sloan i14.12J13.53H13.43K13.39W113.42W212.95W39.17W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.580 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.905 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.281 · y = -0.631 · z = 0.723

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.00542° · Dec 46.31066°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.039° · 12.174°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.966° · 66.124°

HTM-20 index

-1408312397

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