Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1854 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1854, located approximately 1,380.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.59 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.21 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 39.831 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2089 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 420 K (147 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,380.77 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.569
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,349,964 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1854 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.59 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.231 R♃
Mass
7.21 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
2.29 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.569
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

#1051of 1978

top 53.1%

This planet

2.59R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1854 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.21317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.291.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.007.330.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120825566

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2099068444479581184

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2099068444479581184

System

Kepler-1854

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.587 R⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.210 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 39.83 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1946
Distance 423.35 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.569 · percentile 79 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
39.831 days
Semi-major axis
0.2089 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.89 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 39.83 Earth days (10.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2089 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.039 %

Duration

2.442 h

Impact parameter b

0.999

Rp / R★

0.017664

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,988.6409

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 389 ppm lasting ≈ 2.44 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017664

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.999

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,988.6409

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.49400

Eq. Temperature

420K

(147 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

7.33

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.569

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-1854

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,026 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.88 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.759 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

22.325 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
423.35 parsec
Light-years 1,380.77 ly
V-band magnitude
14.38 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,349,964 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.814.57B14.38V14.11Gaia14.13Kepler13.53TESS14.77Sloan g14.08Sloan r13.85Sloan i13.71Sloan z12.73J12.19H12.15K11.95W112.03W211.88W39.25W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

29.229 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-29.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.223 · y = -0.763 · z = 0.607

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.28593° · Dec 37.38699°

Galactic ℓ, b

68.255° · 13.568°

Ecliptic λ, β

295.929° · 59.369°

HTM-20 index

918555681

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