Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1849 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1849, located approximately 2,060.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.39 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.29 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 57.293 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2597 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 355 K (82 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,060.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.671
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 36,344,456 years

Kepler-1849 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.39 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.213 R♃
Mass
6.29 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.671
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

#1361of 1978

top 68.8%

This planet

2.39R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1849 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.29317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.760.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 399821807

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2103867224319533824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2103867224319533824

System

Kepler-1849

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.387 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.290 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 57.29 d · percentile 88 / cohort 1946
Distance 631.88 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.671 · percentile 90 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
57.293 days
Semi-major axis
0.2597 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 57.29 Earth days (15.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2597 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.077 %

Duration

4.878 h

Impact parameter b

0.106

Rp / R★

0.024537

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,979.2311

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 774 ppm lasting ≈ 4.88 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024537

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

91.910

Impact parameter (b)

0.106

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,979.2311

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.41100

Eq. Temperature

355K

(82 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.671

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — 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-1849

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,806 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.729 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.709 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.564 dex

Stellar density

4.474 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
631.88 parsec
Light-years 2,060.93 ly
V-band magnitude
16.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 36,344,456 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.417.417.43B16.00V15.70Gaia15.70Kepler15.03TESS16.58Sloan g15.65Sloan r15.32Sloan i15.17Sloan z14.05J13.51H13.42K13.38W113.44W212.67W39.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.554 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.546 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.198 · y = -0.725 · z = 0.659

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.29193° · Dec 41.25573°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.617° · 15.801°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.192° · 63.311°

HTM-20 index

1899704672

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