Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-2000 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-2000, located approximately 1,045.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.09 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 20.618 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1228 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 359 K (86 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,045.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.769
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,439,455 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-2000

Kepler-2000 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-2000 b Sub-Neptune 2.73 7.90 6.383 530 2023
Kepler-2000 c this Super-Earth 1.57 3.09 20.618 359 2023

Kepler-2000 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.140 R♃
Mass
3.09 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.39 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.769
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

#618of 1176

top 52.5%

This planet

1.57R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-2000 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.09317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.391.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.920.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 350814495

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2132144056342471168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2132144056342471168

System

Kepler-2000

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.570 R⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.090 M⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 20.62 d · percentile 86 / cohort 1164
Distance 320.59 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.769 · percentile 88 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.618 days
Semi-major axis
0.1228 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.62 Earth days (5.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1228 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.077 %

Duration

3.267 h

Impact parameter b

0.155

Rp / R★

0.024893

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,978.5123

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 770 ppm lasting ≈ 3.27 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024893

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

48.850

Impact parameter (b)

0.155

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,978.5123

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.38300

Eq. Temperature

359K

(86 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.92

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.769

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-2000

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,757 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.576 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.581 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.48

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.681 dex

Stellar density

5.188 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
320.59 parsec
Light-years 1,045.62 ly
V-band magnitude
15.64 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,439,455 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.516.816.78B15.64V15.26Gaia15.25Kepler14.30TESS16.63Sloan g15.34Sloan r14.67Sloan i14.26Sloan z13.09J12.40H12.29K11.94W112.03W211.94W39.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.091 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.192 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

-38.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.173 · y = -0.620 · z = 0.766

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.57430° · Dec 49.96212°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.188° · 18.783°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.191° · 71.611°

HTM-20 index

-503303062

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