Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1751 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1751, located approximately 4,212.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 7.017 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0712 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 984 K (711 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,212.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.285
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 74,282,264 years

Kepler-1751 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.163 R♃
Mass
3.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.285
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

#233of 1176

top 19.7%

This planet

1.82R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1751 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00221.460.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48451491

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2132220334960823552

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2132220334960823552

System

Kepler-1751

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.824 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.980 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.02 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,291.47 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.285 · percentile 33 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.017 days
Semi-major axis
0.0712 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.34 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.02 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0712 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

3.567 h

Impact parameter b

0.581

Rp / R★

0.015214

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.9059

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 256 ppm lasting ≈ 3.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015214

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.530

Impact parameter (b)

0.581

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.9059

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05510

Eq. Temperature

984K

(711 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

221.46

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.285

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1751

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,052 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.967 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.974 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.456 dex

Stellar density

0.756 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,291.47 parsec
Light-years 4,212.21 ly
V-band magnitude
15.46 mag
Voyager-speed travel 74,282,264 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.516.116.09B15.46V15.23Gaia15.28Kepler14.77TESS15.73Sloan g15.23Sloan r15.09Sloan i15.01Sloan z14.11J13.78H13.78K13.63W113.67W212.96W39.49W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.746 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.983 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.166 · y = -0.625 · z = 0.763

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.84655° · Dec 49.69234°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.751° · 19.133°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.508° · 71.511°

HTM-20 index

-292789200

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