Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1792 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1792, located approximately 1,960.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.52 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.89 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 4.196 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0488 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,047 K (774 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,960.29 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.237
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,569,750 years

Kepler-1792 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.52 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.225 R♃
Mass
6.89 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.022 M♃
Density
2.37 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.237
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

#1155of 1978

top 58.3%

This planet

2.52R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1792 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.89317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.371.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00283.780.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 138805992

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052211416440880384

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052211416440880384

System

Kepler-1792

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.520 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.890 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 4.20 d · percentile 9 / cohort 1946
Distance 601.03 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.237 · percentile 13 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.196 days
Semi-major axis
0.0488 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.20 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0488 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.095 %

Duration

2.142 h

Impact parameter b

0.199

Rp / R★

0.027580

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.1754

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 949 ppm lasting ≈ 2.14 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027580

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.199

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.1754

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08120

Eq. Temperature

1,047K

(774 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

283.78

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.237

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1792

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,229 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.005 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.878 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.378 dex

Stellar density

2.464 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
601.03 parsec
Light-years 1,960.29 ly
V-band magnitude
15.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,569,750 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.915.46B15.57V15.17Gaia15.17Kepler14.55TESS15.94Sloan g15.09Sloan r14.84Sloan i14.67Sloan z13.68J13.21H13.13K13.04W113.08W212.59W39.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.636 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.955 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.11 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.44 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.326 · y = -0.704 · z = 0.630

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.84008° · Dec 39.08598°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.820° · 8.285°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.502° · 59.165°

HTM-20 index

-1989512119

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