Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1713 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1713, located approximately 963.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.72 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 18.012 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1419 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 900 K (627 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 963.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.320
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,984,547 years

Kepler-1713 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.72 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.153 R♃
Mass
3.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.320
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

#382of 1176

top 32.4%

This planet

1.72R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1713 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00144.300.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158432813

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105620159389754624

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105620159389754624

System

Kepler-1713

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.717 R⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.590 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 18.01 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1164
Distance 295.29 pc · percentile 31 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.320 · percentile 42 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.012 days
Semi-major axis
0.1419 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.74 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.01 Earth days (4.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1419 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.010 %

Duration

6.737 h

Impact parameter b

0.811

Rp / R★

0.010740

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,018.0916

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 103 ppm lasting ≈ 6.74 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010740

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.730

Impact parameter (b)

0.811

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,018.0916

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.48000

Eq. Temperature

900K

(627 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

144.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.320

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-1713

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,477 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.72 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.459 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.300 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.224 dex

Stellar density

0.035 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
295.29 parsec
Light-years 963.12 ly
V-band magnitude
11.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,984,547 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.111.511.54B11.07V10.87Gaia10.93Kepler10.51TESS11.17Sloan g10.86Sloan r10.82Sloan i10.80Sloan z9.97J9.80H9.75K9.73W19.75W29.74W39.12W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.358 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.154 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-12.15 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.217 · y = -0.694 · z = 0.687

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.34567° · Dec 43.37839°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.259° · 15.223°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.808° · 64.973°

HTM-20 index

-2131013710

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