Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1932 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1932, located approximately 2,327.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.51 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.91 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 0.524 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0123 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,891 K (1618 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,327.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.143
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 41,052,214 years

Kepler-1932 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.51 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.135 R♃
Mass
2.91 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.143
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

#725of 1176

top 61.6%

This planet

1.51R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1932 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.91317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,799.900.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120496423

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2103829913941569664

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2103829913941569664

System

Kepler-1932

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.515 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.910 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.52 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1164
Distance 713.73 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.143 · percentile 3 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.524 days
Semi-major axis
0.0123 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.42 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 12.6 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0123 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.024 %

Duration

0.765 h

Impact parameter b

0.318

Rp / R★

0.014228

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6014

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 236 ppm lasting ≈ 0.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014228

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.080

Impact parameter (b)

0.318

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6014

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.01720

Eq. Temperature

1,891K

(1618 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,799.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.143

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. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1932

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,278 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.45 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.815 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.911 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.576 dex

Stellar density

9.046 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
713.73 parsec
Light-years 2,327.88 ly
V-band magnitude
15.29 mag
Voyager-speed travel 41,052,214 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.016.216.24B15.29V15.03Gaia15.04Kepler14.46TESS15.72Sloan g14.96Sloan r14.75Sloan i14.63Sloan z13.69J13.26H13.15K13.07W113.14W212.46W38.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.373 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.007 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.99 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.199 · y = -0.727 · z = 0.657

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.33149° · Dec 41.06384°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.445° · 15.700°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.157° · 63.117°

HTM-20 index

1782453717

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