Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1840 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1840, located approximately 1,673.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.78 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 131.190 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4621 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 284 K (11 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,673.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.730
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,512,687 years

Kepler-1840 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.78 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.248 R♃
Mass
8.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.026 M♃
Density
2.08 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.730
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#777of 1978

top 39.2%

This planet

2.78R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1840 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.081.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.300.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 171090560

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2075338028623847168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2075338028623847168

System

Kepler-1840

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.778 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.130 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 131.19 d · percentile 96 / cohort 1946
Distance 513.11 pc · percentile 48 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.730 · percentile 95 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
131.190 days
Semi-major axis
0.4621 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 131.19 Earth days (35.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4621 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.092 %

Duration

7.548 h

Impact parameter b

0.069

Rp / R★

0.026732

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,005.3923

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 916 ppm lasting ≈ 7.55 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026732

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

148.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.069

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,005.3923

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.90100

Eq. Temperature

284K

(11 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.730

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1840

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,898 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

14.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.803 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.774 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.518 dex

Stellar density

3.613 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
513.11 parsec
Light-years 1,673.53 ly
V-band magnitude
15.19 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,512,687 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.416.42B15.19V15.06Gaia15.05Kepler14.40TESS15.90Sloan g14.98Sloan r14.68Sloan i14.47Sloan z13.48J12.94H12.73K12.56W112.64W212.75W39.21W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.920 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.947 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.90 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.359 · y = -0.658 · z = 0.662

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.59488° · Dec 41.43596°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.303° · 6.939°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.480° · 60.344°

HTM-20 index

-28302033

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