Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1705 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1705, located approximately 5,327.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.03 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.47 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 9.035 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0800 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 789 K (516 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 5,327.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.345
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 93,954,437 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1705

Kepler-1705 b 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-1705 b this Sub-Neptune 2.03 4.47 9.035 789 2021
Kepler-1705 c Sub-Neptune 2.05 5.42 11.280 2021

Kepler-1705 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.03 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.181 R♃
Mass
4.47 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
2.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.345
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1915of 1978

top 96.8%

This planet

2.03R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1705 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.47317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0091.740.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.470 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 185335907

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2081875484241210240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2081875484241210240

System

Kepler-1705

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.030 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.470 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 9.04 d · percentile 30 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,633.49 pc · percentile 94 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.345 · percentile 39 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.035 days
Semi-major axis
0.0800 AU
Eccentricity
0.033
Inclination
88.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.04 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0800 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

5.920 h

Impact parameter b

0.320

Rp / R★

0.012789

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,198.2140

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 192 ppm lasting ≈ 5.92 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012789

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.210

Impact parameter (b)

0.320

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,198.2140

Long. of periastron (ω)

35.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04900

Eq. Temperature

789K

(516 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

91.74

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.345

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Leleu et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1705

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,312 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.59 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.259 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.139 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.298 dex

Stellar density

0.797 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,633.49 parsec
Light-years 5,327.73 ly
V-band magnitude
15.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 93,954,437 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

13.716.716.67B15.80V15.50Gaia15.51Kepler14.97TESS16.06Sloan g15.48Sloan r15.28Sloan i15.16Sloan z14.21J13.87H13.74K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.585 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.990 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.375 · y = -0.610 · z = 0.699

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 301.57853° · Dec 44.31216°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.920° · 6.555°

Ecliptic λ, β

323.089° · 62.056°

HTM-20 index

-642201263

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