Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1710 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1710, located approximately 995.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.49 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.34 g
  • An orbital period of 14.911 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1158 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 694 K (421 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 995.41 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.318
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,553,971 years

Kepler-1710 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.285 R♃
Mass
3.49 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
1.11 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.318
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

#356of 1978

top 17.9%

This planet

3.20R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1710 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.49317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.111.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0048.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 3.495 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137316027

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2051808789021826432

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2051808789021826432

System

Kepler-1710

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.197 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1978
Mass 3.495 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 14.91 d · percentile 50 / cohort 1946
Distance 305.19 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.318 · percentile 32 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.911 days
Semi-major axis
0.1158 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.91 Earth days (4.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1158 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.090 %

Duration

3.335 h

Impact parameter b

0.014

Rp / R★

0.026641

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.3367

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 896 ppm lasting ≈ 3.34 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026641

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

35.174

Impact parameter (b)

0.014

RV semi-amplitude (K)

0.952 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.3367

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.38000

Eq. Temperature

694K

(421 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

48.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.318

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

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1710

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,650 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.69 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.899 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.932 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

3.703 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
305.19 parsec
Light-years 995.41 ly
V-band magnitude
12.70 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,553,971 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.215.415.37U13.51B12.70V12.56Gaia12.59Kepler12.09TESS13.61Sloan g12.66Sloan r12.57Sloan i13.29Sloan z11.42J11.08H11.05K11.00W111.05W211.10W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.248 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.445 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-13.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-21.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.292 · y = -0.735 · z = 0.612

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.68329° · Dec 37.75147°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.463° · 9.859°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.153° · 58.647°

HTM-20 index

1951538571

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