Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1835 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1835, located approximately 4,580.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.53 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.98 g
  • An orbital period of 11.964 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0997 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 808 K (535 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,580.47 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.272
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 80,776,577 years

Kepler-1835 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.53 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.315 R♃
Mass
12.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.039 M♃
Density
1.52 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.98 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.272
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

#163of 1978

top 8.2%

This planet

3.53R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1835 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.5311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.521.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.982.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00100.960.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351799800

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2116970280483501952

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2116970280483501952

System

Kepler-1835

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.534 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1978
Mass 12.200 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.96 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,404.38 pc · percentile 92 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.272 · percentile 21 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.964 days
Semi-major axis
0.0997 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.96 Earth days (3.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0997 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.078 %

Duration

4.526 h

Impact parameter b

0.055

Rp / R★

0.026041

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.1580

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 784 ppm lasting ≈ 4.53 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026041

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.290

Impact parameter (b)

0.055

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.1580

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07100

Eq. Temperature

808K

(535 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

100.96

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.272

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-1835

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,903 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.961 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.922 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.437 dex

Stellar density

0.134 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,404.38 parsec
Light-years 4,580.47 ly
V-band magnitude
15.62 mag
Voyager-speed travel 80,776,577 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.316.27B15.62V15.36Gaia15.36Kepler14.88TESS15.86Sloan g15.33Sloan r15.15Sloan i15.09Sloan z14.19J13.84H13.84K13.77W113.82W213.20W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.683 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.937 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.37 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.129 · y = -0.708 · z = 0.694

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.31482° · Dec 43.98569°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.949° · 20.188°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.040° · 66.744°

HTM-20 index

-939653226

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