Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1889 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1889, located approximately 4,550.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 37.304 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2082 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 493 K (220 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,550.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.471
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 80,244,540 years

Kepler-1889 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.263 R♃
Mass
8.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
1.93 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.471
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

#568of 1978

top 28.7%

This planet

2.94R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1889 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.931.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0014.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169178161

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076787116226614272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076787116226614272

System

Kepler-1889

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.944 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.980 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 37.30 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,395.13 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.471 · percentile 66 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
37.304 days
Semi-major axis
0.2082 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.03 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 37.30 Earth days (10.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2082 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.055 %

Duration

7.793 h

Impact parameter b

0.020

Rp / R★

0.029056

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.3150

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 552 ppm lasting ≈ 7.79 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029056

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.020

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.3150

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14900

Eq. Temperature

493K

(220 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

14.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.471

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-1889

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,646 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.817 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.864 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

0.073 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,395.13 parsec
Light-years 4,550.30 ly
V-band magnitude
15.72 mag
Voyager-speed travel 80,244,540 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.517.017.04B15.72V15.52Gaia15.53Kepler14.96TESS16.14Sloan g15.50Sloan r15.26Sloan i15.17Sloan z14.20J13.79H13.73K13.67W113.80W212.83W39.48W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.690 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.653 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.344 · y = -0.669 · z = 0.659

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.19926° · Dec 41.22644°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.592° · 7.743°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.352° · 60.545°

HTM-20 index

-952214448

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