Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1763 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1763, located approximately 2,467.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 1.480 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0257 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,822 K (1549 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,467.32 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.158
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,511,265 years

Kepler-1763 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.102 R♃
Mass
1.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.158
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

#167of 570

top 29.1%

This planet

1.15R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1763 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,597.270.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 138575125

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076537252208879104

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076537252208879104

System

Kepler-1763

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.147 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 570
Mass 1.590 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.48 d · percentile 16 / cohort 567
Distance 756.49 pc · percentile 82 / cohort 566
ESI 0.158 · percentile 6 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.480 days
Semi-major axis
0.0257 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.48 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0257 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.006 %

Duration

2.486 h

Impact parameter b

0.770

Rp / R★

0.007131

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.3725

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 61 ppm lasting ≈ 2.49 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007131

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.612

Impact parameter (b)

0.770

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.3725

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03400

Eq. Temperature

1,822K

(1549 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,597.27

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.158

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1763

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,897 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.259 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.026 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.250 dex

Stellar density

0.847 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
756.49 parsec
Light-years 2,467.32 ly
V-band magnitude
13.63 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,511,265 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.314.26B13.63V13.51Gaia13.52Kepler13.09TESS13.93Sloan g13.48Sloan r13.35Sloan i13.35Sloan z12.47J12.18H12.13K12.08W112.14W212.07W38.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.293 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.976 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.311 · y = -0.695 · z = 0.648

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.11304° · Dec 40.36289°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.693° · 9.379°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.285° · 60.555°

HTM-20 index

2046146588

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