Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1935 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1935, located approximately 2,950.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.82 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 3.951 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0463 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,083 K (810 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,950.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.229
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 52,036,294 years

Kepler-1935 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.223 R♃
Mass
6.82 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.39 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.229
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

#1167of 1978

top 58.9%

This planet

2.50R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1935 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.82317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.391.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00324.780.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184469205

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073307917844452480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073307917844452480

System

Kepler-1935

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.503 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.820 M⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 3.95 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1946
Distance 904.70 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.229 · percentile 12 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.951 days
Semi-major axis
0.0463 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
79.61 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.95 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0463 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.041 %

Duration

1.058 h

Impact parameter b

1.643

Rp / R★

0.661038

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.0646

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 406 ppm lasting ≈ 1.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.661038

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.750

Impact parameter (b)

1.643

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.0646

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05120

Eq. Temperature

1,083K

(810 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

324.78

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.229

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-1935

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,570 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.899 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.845 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.458 dex

Stellar density

0.373 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
904.70 parsec
Light-years 2,950.74 ly
V-band magnitude
14.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 52,036,294 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.015.215.22B14.52V14.37Gaia14.37Kepler13.84TESS14.94Sloan g14.32Sloan r14.12Sloan i14.00Sloan z13.11J12.75H12.68K12.62W112.70W212.39W39.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.077 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.679 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.342 · y = -0.689 · z = 0.639

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.40378° · Dec 39.72270°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.971° · 7.533°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.148° · 59.358°

HTM-20 index

-1087082686

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