Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-1921 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1921, located approximately 3,030.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.41 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 3.157 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0454 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,791 K (1518 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,029.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.156
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 53,433,225 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1921

Kepler-1921 c 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-1921 c this Super-Earth 1.41 2.57 3.157 1,791 2023
Kepler-1921 b Sub-Neptune 2.89 8.72 20.035 967 2021

Kepler-1921 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.41 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.126 R♃
Mass
2.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
5.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.156
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#902of 1176

top 76.6%

This planet

1.41R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1921 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,436.470.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 239287963

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2085204015173031552

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2085204015173031552

System

Kepler-1921

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.410 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.570 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.16 d · percentile 23 / cohort 1164
Distance 928.99 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.156 · percentile 5 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.157 days
Semi-major axis
0.0454 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.16 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0454 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.005 %

Duration

3.762 h

Impact parameter b

0.001

Rp / R★

0.006453

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6992

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 50 ppm lasting ≈ 3.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.006453

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.480

Impact parameter (b)

0.001

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6992

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04890

Eq. Temperature

1,791K

(1518 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,436.47

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.156

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1921

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,120 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.39 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.000 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.251 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.934 dex

Stellar density

0.516 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
928.99 parsec
Light-years 3,029.95 ly
V-band magnitude
13.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 53,433,225 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.414.013.91B13.10V12.98Gaia13.27Kepler12.53TESS13.99Sloan g13.23Sloan r12.96Sloan i11.90J11.61H11.51K11.48W111.51W212.58W39.44W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.048 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.166 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.50 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.354 · y = -0.605 · z = 0.713

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 300.31617° · Dec 45.49533°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.466° · 7.936°

Ecliptic λ, β

322.498° · 63.514°

HTM-20 index

-1129568641

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