Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1907 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1907, located approximately 952.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.87 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.78 g
  • An orbital period of 5.652 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0544 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 856 K (583 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 952.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.368
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,801,526 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-1907

Kepler-1907 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1907 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.87 0.59 5.652 856 2021
Kepler-1907 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.16 1.63 14.864 620 2021

Kepler-1907 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.87 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.078 R♃
Mass
0.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
4.92 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.78 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.368
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

#439of 570

top 76.8%

This planet

0.87R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1907 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.921.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.782.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0075.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123130285

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2119409512668086656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2119409512668086656

System

Kepler-1907

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.870 R⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 570
Mass 0.589 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 570
Orbital period 5.65 d · percentile 59 / cohort 567
Distance 292.11 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 566
ESI 0.368 · percentile 53 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.652 days
Semi-major axis
0.0544 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.65 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0544 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

2.062 h

Impact parameter b

0.147

Rp / R★

0.010086

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.9767

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 126 ppm lasting ≈ 2.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010086

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

21.540

Impact parameter (b)

0.147

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.9767

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.18600

Eq. Temperature

856K

(583 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

75.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.368

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-1907

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,159 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

14.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.800 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.752 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.508 dex

Stellar density

0.626 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-15.61 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.10 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
292.11 parsec
Light-years 952.74 ly
V-band magnitude
13.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,801,526 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.914.92B13.99V13.73Gaia13.75Kepler13.15TESS14.42Sloan g13.69Sloan r13.47Sloan i13.36Sloan z12.27J11.81H11.73K11.68W111.72W211.27W39.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.394 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.281 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.13 mas/yr

PM Declination

-33.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.126 · y = -0.666 · z = 0.735

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.70858° · Dec 47.32792°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.432° · 20.971°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.567° · 69.967°

HTM-20 index

1974548741

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