Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1769 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1769, located approximately 1,429.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.47 Earth radii
  • A mass of 18.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.91 g
  • An orbital period of 89.193 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4060 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 483 K (210 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,429.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.402
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 25,216,409 years

Kepler-1769 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.47 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.398 R♃
Mass
18.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.057 M♃
Density
1.12 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.402
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

#463of 574

top 80.5%

This planet

4.47R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1769 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.4711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0018.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.121.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.008.900.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271261159

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2078083436127470080

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2078083436127470080

System

Kepler-1769

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.465 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 574
Mass 18.200 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 574
Orbital period 89.19 d · percentile 80 / cohort 524
Distance 438.41 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 572
ESI 0.402 · percentile 74 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
89.193 days
Semi-major axis
0.4060 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 89.19 Earth days (24.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4060 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.087 %

Duration

4.013 h

Impact parameter b

0.015

Rp / R★

0.027155

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,050.8235

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 866 ppm lasting ≈ 4.01 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027155

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

174.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.015

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,050.8235

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.92600

Eq. Temperature

483K

(210 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

8.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.402

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-1769

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,071 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.295 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.061 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.239 dex

Stellar density

12.628 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
438.41 parsec
Light-years 1,429.91 ly
V-band magnitude
12.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 25,216,409 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.413.213.18B12.49V12.45Gaia12.49Kepler12.05TESS12.83Sloan g12.43Sloan r12.34Sloan i12.29Sloan z11.54J11.24H11.26K11.11W111.15W211.27W39.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.252 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.870 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.304 · y = -0.659 · z = 0.688

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.74338° · Dec 43.46116°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.699° · 10.406°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.527° · 63.293°

HTM-20 index

-1420527720

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