Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1874 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1874, located approximately 1,330.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.52 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 56.573 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2633 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 356 K (83 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,330.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.689
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,467,586 years

Kepler-1874 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.197 R♃
Mass
5.52 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.017 M♃
Density
2.81 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.689
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

#1657of 1978

top 83.7%

This planet

2.21R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1874 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.52317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.811.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.790.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158219569

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105697533221828224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105697533221828224

System

Kepler-1874

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.211 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.520 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 56.57 d · percentile 88 / cohort 1946
Distance 408.01 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.689 · percentile 91 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
56.573 days
Semi-major axis
0.2633 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.76 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 56.57 Earth days (15.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2633 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.078 %

Duration

4.188 h

Impact parameter b

0.927

Rp / R★

0.031409

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,979.5798

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 783 ppm lasting ≈ 4.19 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031409

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

48.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.927

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,979.5798

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.64500

Eq. Temperature

356K

(83 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.79

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.689

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-1874

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,701 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.775 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.758 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

0.485 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
408.01 parsec
Light-years 1,330.74 ly
V-band magnitude
15.43 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,467,586 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.816.416.44B15.43V14.96Gaia14.89Kepler14.26TESS15.84Sloan g14.85Sloan r14.48Sloan i14.28Sloan z13.19J12.61H12.47K12.41W112.47W212.26W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

29.149 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

28.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.204 · y = -0.694 · z = 0.691

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.37182° · Dec 43.69208°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.275° · 15.995°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.395° · 65.469°

HTM-20 index

51384511

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