Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1828 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1828, located approximately 2,843.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • An orbital period of 10.274 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0924 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 799 K (526 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,843.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.337
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 50,144,425 years

Kepler-1828 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.189 R♃
Mass
5.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.337
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

#1804of 1978

top 91.2%

This planet

2.12R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1828 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0096.270.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137638020

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2051816485600508544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2051816485600508544

System

Kepler-1828

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.116 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.130 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.27 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1946
Distance 871.81 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.337 · percentile 37 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.274 days
Semi-major axis
0.0924 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.71 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.27 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0924 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.035 %

Duration

3.233 h

Impact parameter b

0.847

Rp / R★

0.018604

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.6593

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 353 ppm lasting ≈ 3.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018604

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.550

Impact parameter (b)

0.847

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.6593

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10600

Eq. Temperature

799K

(526 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

96.27

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.337

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-1828

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,806 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.899 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.996 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.528 dex

Stellar density

2.594 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
871.81 parsec
Light-years 2,843.46 ly
V-band magnitude
14.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 50,144,425 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.916.916.89U15.45B14.99V14.90Gaia14.91Kepler14.39TESS15.38Sloan g14.83Sloan r14.63Sloan i14.55Sloan z13.70J13.33H13.33K13.24W113.30W212.46W38.88W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.119 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.043 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.35 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.303 · y = -0.735 · z = 0.606

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.42760° · Dec 37.32076°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.346° · 9.138°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.998° · 58.066°

HTM-20 index

-2023235266

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