Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-2001 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-2001, located approximately 2,532.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.97 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 14.093 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1084 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 597 K (324 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,532.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.474
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 44,665,298 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-2001

Kepler-2001 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-2001 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.04 1.12 1.090 1,402 2023
Kepler-2001 c this Super-Earth 1.82 3.97 14.093 597 2023

Kepler-2001 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.162 R♃
Mass
3.97 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.474
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

#235of 1176

top 19.9%

This planet

1.82R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-2001 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.97317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0030.100.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26488618

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130124219123552256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130124219123552256

System

Kepler-2001

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.820 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.970 M⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 14.09 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1164
Distance 776.55 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.474 · percentile 70 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.093 days
Semi-major axis
0.1084 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.45 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.09 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1084 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.053 %

Duration

4.154 h

Impact parameter b

0.586

Rp / R★

0.021681

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.1447

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 530 ppm lasting ≈ 4.15 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.021681

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

21.705

Impact parameter (b)

0.586

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.1447

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14000

Eq. Temperature

597K

(324 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

30.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.474

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. 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-2001

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,081 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.864 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.596 dex

Stellar density

0.974 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
776.55 parsec
Light-years 2,532.76 ly
V-band magnitude
15.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 44,665,298 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.617.617.63B15.98V15.77Gaia15.75Kepler15.14TESS16.52Sloan g15.69Sloan r15.43Sloan i15.29Sloan z14.24J13.76H13.55K13.64W113.70W212.95W39.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.260 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.901 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.234 · y = -0.590 · z = 0.773

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.65946° · Dec 50.58386°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.323° · 15.416°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.025° · 70.655°

HTM-20 index

143993115

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