Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1819 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1819, located approximately 4,446.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 16.487 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1337 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 760 K (487 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,446.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.278
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 78,407,427 years

Kepler-1819 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.348 R♃
Mass
14.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.046 M♃
Density
1.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.278
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

#21of 1978

top 1.0%

This planet

3.90R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1819 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0078.990.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272596372

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080344139417876992

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080344139417876992

System

Kepler-1819

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.904 R⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.500 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 16.49 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,363.19 pc · percentile 90 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.278 · percentile 23 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.487 days
Semi-major axis
0.1337 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.38 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.49 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1337 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.099 %

Duration

1.431 h

Impact parameter b

1.648

Rp / R★

0.102000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,972.2034

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 988 ppm lasting ≈ 1.43 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.102000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

26.500

Impact parameter (b)

1.648

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,972.2034

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09810

Eq. Temperature

760K

(487 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

78.99

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.278

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-1819

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,090 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.071 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.173 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.447 dex

Stellar density

1.257 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,363.19 parsec
Light-years 4,446.13 ly
V-band magnitude
15.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 78,407,427 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.116.08B15.49V15.32Gaia15.32Kepler14.83TESS15.80Sloan g15.26Sloan r15.11Sloan i15.06Sloan z14.17J13.86H13.84K13.79W113.85W212.75W39.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.706 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.459 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.306 · y = -0.612 · z = 0.730

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.56003° · Dec 46.85746°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.362° · 10.869°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.451° · 65.888°

HTM-20 index

-2043775983

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