Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1811 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1811, located approximately 4,535.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.85 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 76.422 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3462 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 455 K (182 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,535.39 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.452
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 79,981,684 years

Kepler-1811 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.85 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.343 R♃
Mass
14.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.045 M♃
Density
1.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.452
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

#46of 1978

top 2.3%

This planet

3.85R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1811 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.8511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0010.110.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122294261

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101148411242230272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101148411242230272

System

Kepler-1811

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.848 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.100 M⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 76.42 d · percentile 91 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,390.56 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.452 · percentile 63 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
76.422 days
Semi-major axis
0.3462 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 76.42 Earth days (20.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3462 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.058 %

Duration

8.066 h

Impact parameter b

0.912

Rp / R★

0.027100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,997.4838

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 578 ppm lasting ≈ 8.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.912

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,997.4838

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24900

Eq. Temperature

455K

(182 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

10.11

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.452

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-1811

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,561 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.190 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.946 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.263 dex

Stellar density

1.828 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,390.56 parsec
Light-years 4,535.39 ly
V-band magnitude
15.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 79,981,684 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.715.75B15.33V15.14Gaia15.17Kepler14.67TESS15.63Sloan g15.12Sloan r14.97Sloan i14.90Sloan z14.02J13.62H13.61K13.58W113.62W213.04W39.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.691 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.683 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.66 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.261 · y = -0.718 · z = 0.645

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.97932° · Dec 40.14278°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.056° · 12.102°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.964° · 61.315°

HTM-20 index

-822061616

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