Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1771 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1771, located approximately 1,845.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.06 Earth radii
  • A mass of 15.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.94 g
  • An orbital period of 88.644 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3815 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 391 K (118 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,845.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.501
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,540,701 years

Kepler-1771 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.06 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.362 R♃
Mass
15.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.049 M♃
Density
1.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.501
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

#559of 574

top 97.2%

This planet

4.06R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1771 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.0611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0015.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005.510.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26583944

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129746468160336768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129746468160336768

System

Kepler-1771

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.055 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 574
Mass 15.500 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 574
Orbital period 88.64 d · percentile 80 / cohort 524
Distance 565.75 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 572
ESI 0.501 · percentile 90 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
88.644 days
Semi-major axis
0.3815 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.34 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 88.64 Earth days (24.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3815 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.063 %

Duration

7.820 h

Impact parameter b

0.883

Rp / R★

0.027840

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,978.4719

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 626 ppm lasting ≈ 7.82 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027840

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

44.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.883

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,978.4719

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.67400

Eq. Temperature

391K

(118 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5.51

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.501

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-1771

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,661 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.934 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.941 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.471 dex

Stellar density

0.596 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
565.75 parsec
Light-years 1,845.23 ly
V-band magnitude
13.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,540,701 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.214.614.61B13.80V13.70Gaia13.75Kepler13.24TESS14.21Sloan g13.69Sloan r13.55Sloan i13.50Sloan z12.57J12.21H12.15K12.12W112.15W212.84W39.19W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

8.873 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.246 · y = -0.608 · z = 0.755

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.01347° · Dec 49.01913°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.947° · 14.559°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.662° · 69.144°

HTM-20 index

735506102

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