Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1822 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1822, located approximately 2,927.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.65 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 22.133 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1416 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 507 K (234 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,927.57 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.480
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,627,632 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1822 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.65 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.236 R♃
Mass
7.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.480
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

#957of 1978

top 48.3%

This planet

2.65R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1822 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0015.650.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169177842

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076881364987303296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076881364987303296

System

Kepler-1822

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.648 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.500 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 22.13 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1946
Distance 897.60 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.480 · percentile 68 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.133 days
Semi-major axis
0.1416 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.13 Earth days (6.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1416 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.065 %

Duration

2.020 h

Impact parameter b

0.025

Rp / R★

0.022996

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,985.1837

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 655 ppm lasting ≈ 2.02 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022996

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

84.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.025

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,985.1837

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15800

Eq. Temperature

507K

(234 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

15.65

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.480

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-1822

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,165 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.702 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.782 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.633 dex

Stellar density

23.211 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
897.60 parsec
Light-years 2,927.57 ly
V-band magnitude
15.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 51,627,632 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.017.017.03B15.80V15.57Gaia15.57Kepler14.98TESS16.25Sloan g15.52Sloan r15.28Sloan i15.13Sloan z14.18J13.66H13.57K13.51W113.58W211.45W38.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.087 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.615 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.344 · y = -0.668 · z = 0.660

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.28550° · Dec 41.30557°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.694° · 7.725°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.534° · 60.595°

HTM-20 index

-981743376

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