Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-1995 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1995, located approximately 1,941.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.92 g
  • An orbital period of 73.758 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3259 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 375 K (102 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,941.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.505
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,242,015 years

Kepler-1995 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.382 R♃
Mass
16.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.053 M♃
Density
1.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.505
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

#502of 574

top 87.3%

This planet

4.28R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1995 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.660.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164721823

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2107244481660894592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2107244481660894592

System

Kepler-1995

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.280 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 574
Mass 16.900 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 574
Orbital period 73.76 d · percentile 76 / cohort 524
Distance 595.33 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 572
ESI 0.505 · percentile 91 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
73.758 days
Semi-major axis
0.3259 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.74 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 73.76 Earth days (20.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3259 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.184 %

Duration

2.690 h

Impact parameter b

0.714

Rp / R★

0.042132

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,016.7235

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,837 ppm lasting ≈ 2.69 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.042132

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

159.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.714

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,016.7235

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.54700

Eq. Temperature

375K

(102 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.66

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.505

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-1995

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,029 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.04 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.847 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.48

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.429 dex

Stellar density

14.008 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
595.33 parsec
Light-years 1,941.71 ly
V-band magnitude
15.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,242,015 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.416.43B15.52V15.20Gaia15.21Kepler14.55TESS16.04Sloan g15.09Sloan r14.86Sloan i14.70Sloan z13.66J13.18H13.02K13.00W113.05W212.72W39.10W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.651 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.991 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.95 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.171 · y = -0.669 · z = 0.723

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.34273° · Dec 46.31659°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.281° · 18.291°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.668° · 68.382°

HTM-20 index

-1558850670

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