Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1880 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1880, located approximately 1,992.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 6.309 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0540 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 606 K (333 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,992.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.443
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,145,616 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1880 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.189 R♃
Mass
5.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.443
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

#1801of 1978

top 91.0%

This planet

2.12R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1880 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0031.730.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 121333305

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100625696541277312

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100625696541277312

System

Kepler-1880

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.117 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.130 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.31 d · percentile 19 / cohort 1946
Distance 611.04 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.443 · percentile 61 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.309 days
Semi-major axis
0.0540 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.31 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0540 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.069 %

Duration

1.283 h

Impact parameter b

0.118

Rp / R★

0.023605

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.9941

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 691 ppm lasting ≈ 1.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023605

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

38.360

Impact parameter (b)

0.118

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.9941

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08840

Eq. Temperature

606K

(333 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

31.73

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.443

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-1880

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,380 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.530 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.524 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.92

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.710 dex

Stellar density

24.050 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
611.04 parsec
Light-years 1,992.95 ly
V-band magnitude
16.09 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,145,616 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.117.417.41B16.09V15.89Gaia15.91Kepler15.18TESS16.91Sloan g15.85Sloan r15.47Sloan i15.26Sloan z14.16J13.53H13.44K13.42W113.46W212.58W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.608 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.750 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.60 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.232 · y = -0.722 · z = 0.652

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.82646° · Dec 40.69660°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.868° · 13.822°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.945° · 62.295°

HTM-20 index

-1301479857

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