Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1719 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1719, located approximately 2,953.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 6.150 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0687 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,287 K (1014 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,953.04 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.157
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 52,076,787 years

Kepler-1719 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.352 R♃
Mass
14.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.047 M♃
Density
1.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.157
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

#8of 1978

top 0.4%

This planet

3.95R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1719 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00686.900.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120314731

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100196646487547776

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100196646487547776

System

Kepler-1719

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.950 R⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.800 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.15 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1946
Distance 905.41 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.157 · percentile 3 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.150 days
Semi-major axis
0.0687 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.15 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0687 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.033 %

Duration

5.569 h

Impact parameter b

0.388

Rp / R★

0.017460

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,002.5518

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 334 ppm lasting ≈ 5.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017460

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.020

Impact parameter (b)

0.388

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,002.5518

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07590

Eq. Temperature

1,287K

(1014 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

686.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.157

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1719

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,687 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.61 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.775 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.973 dex

Stellar density

0.258 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
905.41 parsec
Light-years 2,953.04 ly
V-band magnitude
13.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 52,076,787 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.015.715.70U14.56B13.48V13.33Gaia13.64Kepler12.84TESS14.98Sloan g13.47Sloan r13.40Sloan i13.46Sloan z12.17J11.86H11.78K11.71W111.75W211.77W38.99W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.076 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.918 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-17.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.197 · y = -0.752 · z = 0.628

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.70685° · Dec 38.93676°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.216° · 15.323°

Ecliptic λ, β

294.153° · 61.148°

HTM-20 index

384417186

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