Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-297 d

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-297, located approximately 2,257.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 32.60 Earth radii
  • An orbital period of 150.019 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5230 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 325 K (52 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,257.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.376
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,810,237 years

2 siblings around Kepler-297

Kepler-297 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-297 b Sub-Neptune 2.87 48.50 38.872 509 2014
Kepler-297 c Neptune-like 6.54 42.10 74.920 409 2014
Kepler-297 d this Gas Giant 32.60 150.019 325 2023

Kepler-297 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
32.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
2.908 R♃
Mass
M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.376
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

#3of 1771

top 0.1%

This planet

32.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-297 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0032.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.620.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48304302

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131748747552136960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131748747552136960

System

Kepler-297

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 32.600 R⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1771
Orbital period 150.02 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1533
Distance 692.14 pc · percentile 81 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.376 · percentile 78 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
150.019 days
Semi-major axis
0.5230 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 150.02 Earth days (41.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5230 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.432 %

Duration

4.382 h

Impact parameter b

1.252

Rp / R★

0.332851

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,057.6857

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,320 ppm lasting ≈ 4.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.332851

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

119.300

Impact parameter (b)

1.252

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,057.6857

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.75600

Eq. Temperature

325K

(52 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.62

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.376

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-297

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,618 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.897 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.846 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.426 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
692.14 parsec
Light-years 2,257.46 ly
V-band magnitude
14.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,810,237 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.615.57B14.33V14.19Gaia14.23Kepler13.75TESS14.63Sloan g14.16Sloan r14.06Sloan i13.99Sloan z13.12J12.79H12.78K12.71W112.76W212.45W39.36W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.416 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.487 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.16 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.23 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.151 · y = -0.642 · z = 0.752

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.20916° · Dec 48.77762°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.461° · 19.840°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.484° · 70.959°

HTM-20 index

1906438192

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