Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-1859 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1859, located approximately 4,342.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.66 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.39 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • An orbital period of 3.596 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0473 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,327 K (1054 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,341.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.211
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 76,570,315 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1859

Kepler-1859 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1859 b Super-Earth 1.58 3.13 2.730 1,455 2021
Kepler-1859 c this Super-Earth 1.66 3.39 3.596 1,327 2023

Kepler-1859 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.66 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.148 R♃
Mass
3.39 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
4.07 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.211
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#469of 1176

top 39.8%

This planet

1.66R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1859 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.39317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.071.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00732.820.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270790094

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128198974266072192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128198974266072192

System

Kepler-1859

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.660 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.390 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.60 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,331.25 pc · percentile 92 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.211 · percentile 15 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.596 days
Semi-major axis
0.0473 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.31 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.60 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0473 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

2.661 h

Impact parameter b

0.781

Rp / R★

0.012319

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.7721

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 150 ppm lasting ≈ 2.66 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012319

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.710

Impact parameter (b)

0.781

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.7721

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03550

Eq. Temperature

1,327K

(1054 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

732.82

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.211

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1859

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,887 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.235 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.090 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.292 dex

Stellar density

0.441 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,331.25 parsec
Light-years 4,341.95 ly
V-band magnitude
15.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 76,570,315 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.616.015.99B15.18V15.11Gaia15.15Kepler14.65TESS15.61Sloan g15.11Sloan r14.95Sloan i14.89Sloan z13.99J13.71H13.71K13.60W113.67W213.12W39.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.723 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.193 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.279 · y = -0.626 · z = 0.728

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.98868° · Dec 46.71800°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.406° · 12.367°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.348° · 66.502°

HTM-20 index

-1311771796

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