Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-1989 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1989, located approximately 4,083.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 19.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.90 g
  • An orbital period of 10.161 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0918 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 904 K (631 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,083.90 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.216
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 72,019,522 years

Kepler-1989 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.412 R♃
Mass
19.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.061 M♃
Density
1.08 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.90 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.216
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

#444of 574

top 77.2%

This planet

4.62R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1989 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0019.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.081.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.902.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00157.970.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159450616

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126119862195142272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126119862195142272

System

Kepler-1989

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.620 R⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 574
Mass 19.300 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 574
Orbital period 10.16 d · percentile 37 / cohort 524
Distance 1,252.13 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 572
ESI 0.216 · percentile 31 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.161 days
Semi-major axis
0.0918 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.16 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0918 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.165 %

Duration

3.163 h

Impact parameter b

0.716

Rp / R★

0.039948

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,005.0007

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,654 ppm lasting ≈ 3.16 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039948

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.520

Impact parameter (b)

0.716

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,005.0007

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07330

Eq. Temperature

904K

(631 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

157.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.216

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. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1989

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,032 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.999 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.387 dex

Stellar density

1.165 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,252.13 parsec
Light-years 4,083.90 ly
V-band magnitude
14.29 mag
Voyager-speed travel 72,019,522 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

12.714.612.70B14.29V14.61Gaia14.63Kepler14.17TESS14.58Sloan r14.46Sloan i14.44Sloan z13.56J12.89H13.19K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.770 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.296 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.254 · y = -0.672 · z = 0.696

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.73519° · Dec 44.09126°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.962° · 13.279°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.829° · 64.901°

HTM-20 index

625667802

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