Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1793 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1793, located approximately 3,880.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 13.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.96 g
  • An orbital period of 8.780 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0787 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 713 K (440 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,880.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.300
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 68,439,051 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1793 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.338 R♃
Mass
13.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.043 M♃
Density
1.39 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.300
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

#60of 1978

top 3.0%

This planet

3.79R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1793 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0013.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.391.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0061.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351070059

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053593189011583360

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053593189011583360

System

Kepler-1793

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.790 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Mass 13.800 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.78 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,189.88 pc · percentile 86 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.300 · percentile 28 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.780 days
Semi-major axis
0.0787 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.54 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.78 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0787 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.076 %

Duration

3.220 h

Impact parameter b

0.938

Rp / R★

0.032200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.4838

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 756 ppm lasting ≈ 3.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.032200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.620

Impact parameter (b)

0.938

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.4838

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06610

Eq. Temperature

713K

(440 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

61.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.300

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-1793

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,191 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.764 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.850 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.597 dex

Stellar density

1.651 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,189.88 parsec
Light-years 3,880.87 ly
V-band magnitude
15.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 68,439,051 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.317.017.05B15.95V15.90Gaia15.79Kepler15.32TESS16.51Sloan g15.73Sloan r15.48Sloan i15.32Sloan z14.40J13.88H13.88K13.75W113.86W212.64W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.813 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.775 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.58 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.282 · y = -0.701 · z = 0.655

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.91295° · Dec 40.95393°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.456° · 11.134°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.408° · 61.652°

HTM-20 index

1647190684

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