Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1895 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1895, located approximately 3,210.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.14 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 6.070 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0615 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 789 K (516 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,209.98 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.341
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 56,608,081 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1895 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

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

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.341
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

#1799of 1978

top 90.9%

This planet

2.12R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1895 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.14317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0091.450.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26493559

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129716192930293888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129716192930293888

System

Kepler-1895

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.119 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.140 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.07 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1946
Distance 984.19 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.341 · percentile 38 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.070 days
Semi-major axis
0.0615 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.17 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.07 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0615 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.034 %

Duration

1.290 h

Impact parameter b

0.025

Rp / R★

0.016574

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.3105

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 344 ppm lasting ≈ 1.29 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016574

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

36.540

Impact parameter (b)

0.025

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.3105

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06250

Eq. Temperature

789K

(516 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

91.45

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.341

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-1895

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,076 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.763 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.598 dex

Stellar density

15.963 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
984.19 parsec
Light-years 3,209.98 ly
V-band magnitude
15.79 mag
Voyager-speed travel 56,608,081 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.816.84B15.79V15.48Gaia15.49Kepler14.86TESS16.24Sloan g15.41Sloan r15.17Sloan i15.04Sloan z13.99J13.47H13.44K13.27W113.26W211.79W39.25W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.988 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.891 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.243 · y = -0.613 · z = 0.752

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.67560° · Dec 48.76254°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.610° · 14.654°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.799° · 69.003°

HTM-20 index

687094268

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