Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1760 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1760, located approximately Distance pending from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.29 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 38.326 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2084 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 480 K (207 °C)
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.532

Kepler-1760 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.29 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.204 R♃
Mass
5.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.532
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

#1533of 1978

top 77.5%

This planet

2.29R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1760 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0012.560.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48421060

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131804925724122240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131804925724122240

System

Kepler-1760

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.290 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.860 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 38.33 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1946
ESI 0.532 · percentile 74 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
38.326 days
Semi-major axis
0.2084 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.34 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 38.33 Earth days (10.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2084 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.039 %

Duration

3.073 h

Impact parameter b

0.963

Rp / R★

0.024640

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,975.0840

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 392 ppm lasting ≈ 3.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024640

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

33.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.963

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,975.0840

Eq. Temperature

480K

(207 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

12.56

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.532

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-1760

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,229 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.903 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.821 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.441 dex

Stellar density

0.477 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.515.47B14.47V14.30Gaia14.31Kepler13.76TESS14.91Sloan g14.23Sloan r14.05Sloan i13.97Sloan z13.04J12.63H12.54K12.50W112.56W212.35W39.53W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

8.852 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.70 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.161 · y = -0.638 · z = 0.753

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.13261° · Dec 48.82515°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.720° · 19.281°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.306° · 70.830°

HTM-20 index

-459923455

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