Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1919 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1919, located approximately 3,840.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.38 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 37.887 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2107 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 479 K (206 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,840.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.506
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 67,728,708 years

Kepler-1919 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.234 R♃
Mass
7.38 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
2.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.506
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

#988of 1978

top 49.9%

This planet

2.62R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1919 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.38317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0012.460.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164459883

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105329819599365248

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105329819599365248

System

Kepler-1919

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.624 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.380 M⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 37.89 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,177.53 pc · percentile 86 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.506 · percentile 71 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
37.887 days
Semi-major axis
0.2107 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 37.89 Earth days (10.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2107 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.067 %

Duration

5.165 h

Impact parameter b

0.026

Rp / R★

0.023418

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.0195

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 672 ppm lasting ≈ 5.17 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023418

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

56.750

Impact parameter (b)

0.026

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.0195

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17900

Eq. Temperature

479K

(206 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

12.46

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.506

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-1919

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,513 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.818 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.868 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.551 dex

Stellar density

2.409 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,177.53 parsec
Light-years 3,840.58 ly
V-band magnitude
16.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 67,728,708 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.816.84B16.16V15.86Gaia15.85Kepler15.32TESS16.46Sloan g15.81Sloan r15.59Sloan i15.51Sloan z14.56J14.04H14.02K14.03W114.22W213.07W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.821 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.287 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.164 · y = -0.701 · z = 0.694

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.13192° · Dec 43.95601°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.638° · 18.268°

Ecliptic λ, β

294.010° · 66.304°

HTM-20 index

687377387

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