Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

Kepler-41 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-41, located approximately 3,565.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 177.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.85 g
  • An orbital period of 1.856 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0310 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,790 K (1517 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,565.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.060
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 62,871,346 years

Kepler-41 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.290 R♃
Mass
177.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.560 M♃
Density
0.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.85 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.060
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#280of 1771

top 15.8%

This planet

14.46R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-41 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00177.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.852.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,036.750.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 177.980 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271042217

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080061942886335744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080061942886335744

System

Kepler-41

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.460 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1771
Mass 177.980 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.86 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,093.08 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.060 · percentile 9 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.856 days
Semi-major axis
0.0310 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.51 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.86 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0310 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.104 %

Duration

2.434 h

Impact parameter b

0.672

Rp / R★

0.102650

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,187.2805

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,037 ppm lasting ≈ 2.43 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.102650

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.159

Impact parameter (b)

0.672

RV semi-amplitude (K)

84.000 m/s

Occultation depth

0.004 ppm

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,187.2805

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02840

Eq. Temperature

1,790K

(1517 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,036.75

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.060

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Orbital-brightness modulation

Host star brightness varies with the planet's orbit.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Santerne et al. 2011

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-41

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,750 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.290 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.38

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.278 dex

Stellar density

0.754 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-27.07 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,093.08 parsec
Light-years 3,565.15 ly
V-band magnitude
14.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 62,871,346 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.115.415.37B14.51V14.41Gaia14.47Kepler13.92TESS15.00Sloan g14.41Sloan r14.24Sloan i14.18Sloan z13.26J12.94H12.89K12.84W112.89W212.53W39.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.886 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.269 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.04 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.288 · y = -0.632 · z = 0.719

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.51325° · Dec 45.98165°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.902° · 11.711°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.433° · 65.682°

HTM-20 index

-1237307674

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