Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1775 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1775, located approximately 2,142.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.65 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 85.654 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3957 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 522 K (249 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,142.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.410
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,790,391 years

Kepler-1775 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.65 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.325 R♃
Mass
12.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.041 M♃
Density
1.46 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.410
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

#118of 1978

top 5.9%

This planet

3.65R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1775 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.461.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.009.900.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120892579

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100001036496903040

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100001036496903040

System

Kepler-1775

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.648 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Mass 12.900 M⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 85.65 d · percentile 92 / cohort 1946
Distance 657.02 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.410 · percentile 54 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
85.654 days
Semi-major axis
0.3957 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 85.65 Earth days (23.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3957 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.049 %

Duration

6.877 h

Impact parameter b

0.049

Rp / R★

0.020242

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,988.1274

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 489 ppm lasting ≈ 6.88 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.020242

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

97.180

Impact parameter (b)

0.049

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,988.1274

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.60200

Eq. Temperature

522K

(249 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

9.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.410

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-1775

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,818 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.647 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.149 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.065 dex

Stellar density

2.367 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
657.02 parsec
Light-years 2,142.92 ly
V-band magnitude
13.43 mag
Voyager-speed travel 37,790,391 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.216.015.08U13.93B13.43V13.28Gaia13.34Kepler12.86TESS13.75Sloan g13.25Sloan r15.98Sloan i13.22Sloan z12.30J12.02H12.01K11.66W111.72W211.85W39.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.493 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.438 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.220 · y = -0.748 · z = 0.626

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.40235° · Dec 38.73857°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.566° · 14.031°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.714° · 60.665°

HTM-20 index

582439583

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