Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1782 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1782, located approximately 997.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.23 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 5.756 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0583 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 773 K (500 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 997.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.342
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,588,424 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1782 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.23 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.199 R♃
Mass
5.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.342
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

#1637of 1978

top 82.7%

This planet

2.23R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1782 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0086.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123202646

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2117335077826003840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2117335077826003840

System

Kepler-1782

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.229 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.600 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.76 d · percentile 16 / cohort 1946
Distance 305.79 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.342 · percentile 39 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.756 days
Semi-major axis
0.0583 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.61 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.76 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0583 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.063 %

Duration

1.071 h

Impact parameter b

0.927

Rp / R★

0.027905

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.9037

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 631 ppm lasting ≈ 1.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027905

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.010

Impact parameter (b)

0.927

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.9037

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19000

Eq. Temperature

773K

(500 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

86.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.342

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1782

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,931 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.734 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.794 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.605 dex

Stellar density

5.499 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
305.79 parsec
Light-years 997.36 ly
V-band magnitude
13.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,588,424 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.014.98B13.88V13.70Gaia13.71Kepler13.09TESS14.48Sloan g13.64Sloan r13.38Sloan i13.24Sloan z12.18J11.72H11.58K11.49W111.55W211.31W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.241 mas

Total Proper Motion

24.923 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.25 mas/yr

PM Declination

-24.71 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.136 · y = -0.705 · z = 0.696

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.92616° · Dec 44.08780°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.203° · 19.805°

Ecliptic λ, β

290.183° · 66.763°

HTM-20 index

-94443198

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