Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1756 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1756, located approximately Distance pending from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.47 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.77 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 2.356 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0319 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,093 K (820 °C)
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.273
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1756 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.47 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.131 R♃
Mass
2.77 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.273
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

#801of 1176

top 68.0%

This planet

1.47R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1756 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.77317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00338.400.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 377910183

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076572092984362880

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076572092984362880

System

Kepler-1756

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.472 R⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.770 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.36 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1164
ESI 0.273 · percentile 30 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.356 days
Semi-major axis
0.0319 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.77 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.36 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0319 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.027 %

Duration

1.759 h

Impact parameter b

0.200

Rp / R★

0.015115

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,010.8900

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 267 ppm lasting ≈ 1.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015115

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.210

Impact parameter (b)

0.200

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,010.8900

Eq. Temperature

1,093K

(820 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

338.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.273

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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-1756

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,915 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.812 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.781 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.512 dex

Stellar density

2.387 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.317.016.95B15.74V15.66Gaia15.67Kepler15.04TESS16.49Sloan g15.59Sloan r15.33Sloan i15.06Sloan z14.04J13.48H13.45K13.46W113.58W212.95W39.28W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

6.899 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.313 · y = -0.690 · z = 0.652

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.36490° · Dec 40.72089°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.105° · 9.377°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.898° · 60.829°

HTM-20 index

1523706395

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