Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1845 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1845, located approximately 2,318.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.52 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 11.606 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0885 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 584 K (311 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,318.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.435
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 40,879,144 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1845 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.218 R♃
Mass
6.52 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.435
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

#1276of 1978

top 64.5%

This planet

2.44R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1845 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.52317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0027.470.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137892408

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052257355406092160

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052257355406092160

System

Kepler-1845

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.438 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.520 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.61 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1946
Distance 710.72 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.435 · percentile 59 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.606 days
Semi-major axis
0.0885 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.61 Earth days (3.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0885 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.077 %

Duration

2.229 h

Impact parameter b

0.382

Rp / R★

0.024534

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.4146

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 772 ppm lasting ≈ 2.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024534

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

41.390

Impact parameter (b)

0.382

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.4146

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12500

Eq. Temperature

584K

(311 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

27.47

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.435

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-1845

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,703 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.701 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.686 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.582 dex

Stellar density

9.959 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
710.72 parsec
Light-years 2,318.07 ly
V-band magnitude
16.12 mag
Voyager-speed travel 40,879,144 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.816.816.80B16.12V15.75Gaia15.70Kepler15.10TESS16.48Sloan g15.65Sloan r15.37Sloan i15.19Sloan z14.18J13.66H13.59K13.54W113.64W212.82W38.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.379 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.875 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.02 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.305 · y = -0.723 · z = 0.620

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.90162° · Dec 38.29703°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.398° · 9.253°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.230° · 58.889°

HTM-20 index

1319164120

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