Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1753 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1753, located approximately 2,308.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.23 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 16.005 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1179 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 583 K (310 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,308.17 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.451
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 40,704,521 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1753 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.23 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.199 R♃
Mass
5.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.451
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

#1638of 1978

top 82.8%

This planet

2.23R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1753 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0027.410.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158664331

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130405075624683136

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130405075624683136

System

Kepler-1753

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.227 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.590 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 16.00 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1946
Distance 707.69 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.451 · percentile 62 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.005 days
Semi-major axis
0.1179 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.00 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1179 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.083 %

Duration

3.948 h

Impact parameter b

0.025

Rp / R★

0.025580

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,973.4828

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 832 ppm lasting ≈ 3.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.025580

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

31.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.025

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,973.4828

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16700

Eq. Temperature

583K

(310 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

27.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.451

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1753

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,180 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.769 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.597 dex

Stellar density

1.614 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
707.69 parsec
Light-years 2,308.17 ly
V-band magnitude
15.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 40,704,521 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.816.77B15.59V15.51Gaia15.55Kepler14.93TESS16.27Sloan g15.49Sloan r15.25Sloan i15.13Sloan z14.09J13.58H13.52K13.52W113.55W212.77W39.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.385 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.250 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.95 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.215 · y = -0.653 · z = 0.727

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.23666° · Dec 46.60587°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.598° · 15.905°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.772° · 67.855°

HTM-20 index

1726545731

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