Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1881 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1881, located approximately 3,448.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.03 g
  • An orbital period of 159.394 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5333 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 289 K (16 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,448.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.715
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 60,808,190 years

Kepler-1881 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.266 R♃
Mass
9.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.029 M♃
Density
1.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.715
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#541of 1978

top 27.3%

This planet

2.98R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1881 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.500.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270615772

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126446661968043136

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126446661968043136

System

Kepler-1881

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.981 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.170 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 159.39 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,057.21 pc · percentile 82 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.715 · percentile 94 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
159.394 days
Semi-major axis
0.5333 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 159.39 Earth days (43.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5333 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.103 %

Duration

8.395 h

Impact parameter b

0.770

Rp / R★

0.028604

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,059.9313

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,033 ppm lasting ≈ 8.40 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028604

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

147.690

Impact parameter (b)

0.770

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,059.9313

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.50400

Eq. Temperature

289K

(16 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.715

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — 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-1881

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,135 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.874 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.812 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.464 dex

Stellar density

2.399 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,057.21 parsec
Light-years 3,448.15 ly
V-band magnitude
15.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 60,808,190 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.016.916.89B15.90V15.86Gaia15.82Kepler15.29TESS16.47Sloan g15.75Sloan r15.54Sloan i15.42Sloan z14.42J13.94H13.98K13.83W113.89W212.24W38.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.918 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.449 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

12.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.284 · y = -0.648 · z = 0.707

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.63931° · Dec 44.98254°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.709° · 11.806°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.148° · 65.000°

HTM-20 index

-1645977145

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