Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1834 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1834, located approximately 1,632.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 4.603 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0491 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 848 K (575 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,632.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.359
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,781,523 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-1834

Kepler-1834 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1834 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.22 1.98 0.767 1,541 2023
Kepler-1834 b this Super-Earth 1.46 2.73 4.603 848 2021

Kepler-1834 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.130 R♃
Mass
2.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.83 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.359
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

#835of 1176

top 70.9%

This planet

1.46R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1834 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.831.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00105.200.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 378087161

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076454445237794432

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076454445237794432

System

Kepler-1834

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.459 R⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.730 M⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.60 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1164
Distance 500.40 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.359 · percentile 52 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.603 days
Semi-major axis
0.0491 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.60 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0491 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

2.685 h

Impact parameter b

0.890

Rp / R★

0.015352

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.2231

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 303 ppm lasting ≈ 2.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015352

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.280

Impact parameter (b)

0.890

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.2231

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09810

Eq. Temperature

848K

(575 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

105.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.359

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-1834

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,821 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.788 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.765 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.529 dex

Stellar density

2.090 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
500.40 parsec
Light-years 1,632.07 ly
V-band magnitude
15.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,781,523 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.815.79B15.18V14.90Gaia14.90Kepler14.26TESS15.70Sloan g14.84Sloan r14.56Sloan i14.38Sloan z13.31J12.84H12.72K12.66W112.77W212.28W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.970 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.174 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.321 · y = -0.698 · z = 0.640

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.66468° · Dec 39.78385°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.376° · 8.735°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.702° · 59.869°

HTM-20 index

1156581354

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