Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1788 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1788, located approximately 1,827.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.38 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.25 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 2.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0343 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 956 K (683 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,827.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.268
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,235,455 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1788 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.38 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.212 R♃
Mass
6.25 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.268
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

#1373of 1978

top 69.4%

This planet

2.38R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1788 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.25317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00197.810.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159646433

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127435363438637952

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127435363438637952

System

Kepler-1788

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.379 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.250 M⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 2.80 d · percentile 4 / cohort 1946
Distance 560.45 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.268 · percentile 20 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.800 days
Semi-major axis
0.0343 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.54 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.80 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0343 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.071 %

Duration

0.965 h

Impact parameter b

0.024

Rp / R★

0.025566

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.0468

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 707 ppm lasting ≈ 0.97 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.025566

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.730

Impact parameter (b)

0.024

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.0468

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06120

Eq. Temperature

956K

(683 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

197.81

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.268

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-1788

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,786 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.704 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.686 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.579 dex

Stellar density

5.758 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
560.45 parsec
Light-years 1,827.92 ly
V-band magnitude
15.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,235,455 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.016.716.72B15.48V15.25Gaia15.23Kepler14.59TESS16.09Sloan g15.18Sloan r14.86Sloan i14.66Sloan z13.66J13.13H12.99K13.00W113.07W212.45W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.756 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.345 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.252 · y = -0.650 · z = 0.717

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.22438° · Dec 45.77810°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.684° · 13.679°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.030° · 66.365°

HTM-20 index

1446993643

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