Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1800 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1800, located approximately 1,143.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 4.562 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0510 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,533 K (1260 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,143.03 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.199
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,157,333 years

Kepler-1800 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.089 R♃
Mass
0.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.199
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

#343of 570

top 60.0%

This planet

1.00R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1800 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00242.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169814632

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073686523494136192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073686523494136192

System

Kepler-1800

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.997 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 570
Mass 0.961 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 570
Orbital period 4.56 d · percentile 50 / cohort 567
Distance 350.46 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 566
ESI 0.199 · percentile 14 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.562 days
Semi-major axis
0.0510 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
79.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.56 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0510 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.008 %

Duration

2.852 h

Impact parameter b

0.750

Rp / R★

0.008367

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.6430

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 82 ppm lasting ≈ 2.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008367

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.310

Impact parameter (b)

0.750

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.6430

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14500

Eq. Temperature

1,533K

(1260 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

242.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.199

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-1800

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,343 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.75 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.506 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.330 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.764 dex

Stellar density

0.118 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
350.46 parsec
Light-years 1,143.03 ly
V-band magnitude
13.19 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,157,333 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.114.12B13.19V13.08Gaia13.05Kepler12.54TESS13.65Sloan g12.99Sloan r12.80Sloan i12.69Sloan z11.78J11.39H11.28K11.22W111.28W210.66W39.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.825 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.673 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-31.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.354 · y = -0.675 · z = 0.647

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.65133° · Dec 40.35242°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.998° · 7.012°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.347° · 59.607°

HTM-20 index

-654836286

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