Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1934 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1934, located approximately 1,397.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.91 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.84 g
  • An orbital period of 1.420 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0247 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,700 K (1427 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,397.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.172
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,647,100 years

Kepler-1934 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.91 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.081 R♃
Mass
0.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
5.07 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.84 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.172
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

#404of 570

top 70.7%

This planet

0.91R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1934 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.071.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.842.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,835.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122680921

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2051019683267537024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2051019683267537024

System

Kepler-1934

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.913 R⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 570
Mass 0.702 M⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.42 d · percentile 15 / cohort 567
Distance 428.51 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 566
ESI 0.172 · percentile 9 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.420 days
Semi-major axis
0.0247 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.77 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.42 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0247 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.006 %

Duration

1.513 h

Impact parameter b

0.600

Rp / R★

0.007307

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.9252

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 58 ppm lasting ≈ 1.51 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007307

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.930

Impact parameter (b)

0.600

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.9252

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05750

Eq. Temperature

1,700K

(1427 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,835.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.172

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-1934

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,925 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.16 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.035 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.968 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.394 dex

Stellar density

1.959 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
428.51 parsec
Light-years 1,397.62 ly
V-band magnitude
12.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,647,100 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.815.015.03U13.80B12.87V12.75Gaia12.80Kepler12.34TESS13.33Sloan g12.81Sloan r12.72Sloan i13.24Sloan z11.78J11.47H11.44K11.40W111.44W211.24W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.305 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.371 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.57 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.284 · y = -0.743 · z = 0.606

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.91933° · Dec 37.28717°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.765° · 10.193°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.792° · 58.368°

HTM-20 index

1724069835

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