Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1869 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1869, located approximately 368.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.16 g
  • An orbital period of 8.167 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0798 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 865 K (592 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 368.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.370
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,500,928 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1869

Kepler-1869 b 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-1869 c Rocky Terrestrial 0.74 0.33 1.717 1,455 2023
Kepler-1869 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.12 1.46 8.167 865 2021

Kepler-1869 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.100 R♃
Mass
1.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.16 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.370
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

#204of 570

top 35.6%

This planet

1.12R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1869 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.162.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00138.500.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63368895

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2125751461382627840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2125751461382627840

System

Kepler-1869

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.120 R⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 570
Mass 1.460 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 570
Orbital period 8.17 d · percentile 74 / cohort 567
Distance 113.03 pc · percentile 25 / cohort 566
ESI 0.370 · percentile 54 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.167 days
Semi-major axis
0.0798 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.03 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.17 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0798 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.011 %

Duration

3.286 h

Impact parameter b

0.279

Rp / R★

0.009413

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.2031

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 105 ppm lasting ≈ 3.29 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.009413

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.279

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.2031

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.70600

Eq. Temperature

865K

(592 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

138.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.370

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1869

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,808 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.902 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.987 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.522 dex

Stellar density

0.438 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
113.03 parsec
Light-years 368.64 ly
V-band magnitude
10.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,500,928 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.611.010.96B10.31V10.09Gaia10.16Kepler9.65TESS10.59Sloan g10.08Sloan r9.97Sloan i9.93Sloan z9.05J8.76H8.69K8.65W18.69W28.64W38.73W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.819 mas

Total Proper Motion

28.831 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-19.44 mas/yr

PM Declination

21.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.282 · y = -0.678 · z = 0.679

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.61500° · Dec 42.76434°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.346° · 11.472°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.750° · 63.193°

HTM-20 index

-45944324

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