Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1817 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1817, located approximately 2,441.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 44.299 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2348 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 463 K (190 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,441.50 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.550
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,055,898 years

Kepler-1817 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.203 R♃
Mass
5.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.71 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.550
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

#1552of 1978

top 78.4%

This planet

2.27R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1817 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.711.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0010.850.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351804260

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105396099534835456

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105396099534835456

System

Kepler-1817

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.273 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.790 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 44.30 d · percentile 83 / cohort 1946
Distance 748.57 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.550 · percentile 76 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
44.299 days
Semi-major axis
0.2348 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 44.30 Earth days (12.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2348 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.080 %

Duration

4.367 h

Impact parameter b

0.683

Rp / R★

0.028427

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.2788

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 798 ppm lasting ≈ 4.37 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028427

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

64.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.683

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.2788

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31400

Eq. Temperature

463K

(190 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

10.85

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.550

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1817

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,316 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.915 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.878 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.459 dex

Stellar density

2.626 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-19.26 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
748.57 parsec
Light-years 2,441.50 ly
V-band magnitude
15.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,055,898 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.016.316.26B15.35V15.13Gaia15.12Kepler14.61TESS15.68Sloan g15.07Sloan r14.88Sloan i14.80Sloan z13.85J13.38H13.33K13.33W113.38W212.56W38.99W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.307 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.367 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

9.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.149 · y = -0.698 · z = 0.701

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.03334° · Dec 44.47800°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.871° · 19.186°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.360° · 66.985°

HTM-20 index

-243677618

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