Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1784 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1784, located approximately 2,880.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 13.590 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1072 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 724 K (451 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,880.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.335
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 50,790,636 years

Kepler-1784 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.250 R♃
Mass
8.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.026 M♃
Density
2.06 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.335
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

#751of 1978

top 37.9%

This planet

2.80R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1784 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.061.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0064.800.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 273690421

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079270981709055232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079270981709055232

System

Kepler-1784

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.799 R⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.240 M⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 13.59 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1946
Distance 883.05 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.335 · percentile 37 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.590 days
Semi-major axis
0.1072 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.51 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.59 Earth days (3.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1072 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.070 %

Duration

3.784 h

Impact parameter b

0.232

Rp / R★

0.022536

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.0694

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 696 ppm lasting ≈ 3.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022536

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

27.330

Impact parameter (b)

0.232

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.0694

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12100

Eq. Temperature

724K

(451 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

64.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.335

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-1784

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,442 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.974 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.887 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.409 dex

Stellar density

2.092 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
883.05 parsec
Light-years 2,880.10 ly
V-band magnitude
15.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 50,790,636 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.716.516.54B15.42V15.16Gaia15.15Kepler14.58TESS15.82Sloan g15.10Sloan r14.86Sloan i14.75Sloan z13.72J13.38H13.24K13.05W113.12W211.45W38.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.104 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.362 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.333 · y = -0.628 · z = 0.703

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.95417° · Dec 44.66745°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.894° · 8.959°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.324° · 63.492°

HTM-20 index

1288390005

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