Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1754 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1754, located approximately 2,344.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 8.196 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0718 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 672 K (399 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,344.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.380
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 41,351,996 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1754 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.218 R♃
Mass
6.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.380
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

#1275of 1978

top 64.4%

This planet

2.44R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1754 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0048.200.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27532561

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2134972275129562752

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2134972275129562752

System

Kepler-1754

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.440 R⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.530 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.20 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1946
Distance 718.95 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.380 · percentile 48 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.196 days
Semi-major axis
0.0718 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.34 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.20 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0718 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.079 %

Duration

2.824 h

Impact parameter b

0.252

Rp / R★

0.025049

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.6874

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 793 ppm lasting ≈ 2.82 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.025049

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.040

Impact parameter (b)

0.252

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.6874

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09990

Eq. Temperature

672K

(399 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

48.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.380

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-1754

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,723 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.747 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.734 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.557 dex

Stellar density

3.014 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
718.95 parsec
Light-years 2,344.88 ly
V-band magnitude
16.01 mag
Voyager-speed travel 41,351,996 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.117.317.30B16.01V15.86Gaia15.86Kepler15.16TESS16.80Sloan g15.78Sloan r15.46Sloan i15.30Sloan z14.12J13.55H13.44K13.47W113.56W212.52W39.08W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.363 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.247 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.276 · y = -0.579 · z = 0.767

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.45708° · Dec 50.07718°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.930° · 13.010°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.598° · 69.086°

HTM-20 index

-272405818

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