Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

Kepler-1704 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1704, located approximately 2,724.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,322.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.26 g
  • An orbital period of 988.881 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.0270 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 254 K (-19 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,724.89 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.493
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,053,373 years

Context from the literature

Kepler-1704b is a super-Jupiter on a highly eccentric orbit around the star Kepler-1704. It has a mass of 4.51 MJ. The planet's distance from its star varies from 0.16 to 3.9 AU. It is a failed hot Jupiter, having been scattered from its birth orbit to orbit with a periastron just above the tidal circularization distance.

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Kepler-1704 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.066 R♃
Mass
1,322.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.160 M♃
Density
4.07 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.493
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1522of 1771

top 85.9%

This planet

11.95R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1704 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,322.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.071.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.340.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,322.166 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 350738167

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2136191736602006016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2136191736602006016

System

Kepler-1704

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.949 R⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,322.166 M⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 988.88 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1533
Distance 835.46 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.493 · percentile 100 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
988.881 days
Semi-major axis
2.0270 AU
Eccentricity
0.920
Inclination
89.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.71 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.0270 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.506 %

Duration

6.007 h

Impact parameter b

0.370

Rp / R★

0.064400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,072.2234

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,060 ppm lasting ≈ 6.01 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.064400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

256.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.370

RV semi-amplitude (K)

190.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,072.2234

Long. of periastron (ω)

82.40°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.43000

Eq. Temperature

254K

(-19 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.34

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.493

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Dalba et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1704

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,746 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.697 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.132 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.031 dex

Stellar density

0.325 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
835.46 parsec
Light-years 2,724.89 ly
V-band magnitude
13.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,053,373 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.614.014.02B13.39V13.25Gaia13.29Kepler12.79TESS13.72Sloan g13.22Sloan r13.11Sloan i13.03Sloan z12.14J11.84H11.79K11.69W111.75W211.64W39.58W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.168 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.382 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.227 · y = -0.585 · z = 0.779

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.20126° · Dec 51.14424°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.733° · 15.907°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.997° · 71.285°

HTM-20 index

154187825

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