Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1745 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1745, located approximately 3,248.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.93 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.38 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • An orbital period of 3.016 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0408 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,449 K (1176 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,248.86 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.181
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 57,293,576 years

Kepler-1745 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.93 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.172 R♃
Mass
4.38 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.181
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

#99of 1176

top 8.3%

This planet

1.93R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1745 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.38317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,044.490.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270525576

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077819763799736192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077819763799736192

System

Kepler-1745

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.929 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.380 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.02 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1164
Distance 996.11 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.181 · percentile 9 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.016 days
Semi-major axis
0.0408 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.02 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0408 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.022 %

Duration

2.835 h

Impact parameter b

0.030

Rp / R★

0.013820

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.8840

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 223 ppm lasting ≈ 2.83 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013820

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.690

Impact parameter (b)

0.030

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.8840

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04100

Eq. Temperature

1,449K

(1176 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,044.49

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.181

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-1745

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,611 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.400 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.995 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.144 dex

Stellar density

0.401 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
996.11 parsec
Light-years 3,248.86 ly
V-band magnitude
14.85 mag
Voyager-speed travel 57,293,576 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.615.59B14.85V14.86Gaia14.88Kepler14.39TESS15.37Sloan g14.83Sloan r14.67Sloan i14.60Sloan z13.72J13.40H13.32K13.19W113.26W212.66W39.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.976 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.222 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.292 · y = -0.673 · z = 0.680

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.46899° · Dec 42.82236°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.687° · 10.939°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.096° · 63.032°

HTM-20 index

-89100793

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