Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-418 c

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-418, located approximately 3,269.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 23.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.87 g
  • An orbital period of 12.218 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1063 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 835 K (562 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,269.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.221
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 57,663,127 years

1 sibling around Kepler-418

Kepler-418 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-418 c this Neptune-like 5.22 23.70 12.218 835 2021
Kepler-418 b Gas Giant 13.45 349.61 86.679 434 2014

Kepler-418 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.466 R♃
Mass
23.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.075 M♃
Density
0.92 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.87 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.221
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#354of 574

top 61.5%

This planet

5.22R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-418 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0023.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.921.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.872.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00107.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 377871791

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052117923590073600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052117923590073600

System

Kepler-418

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.221 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 574
Mass 23.700 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 574
Orbital period 12.22 d · percentile 41 / cohort 524
Distance 1,002.53 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 572
ESI 0.221 · percentile 32 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.218 days
Semi-major axis
0.1063 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.15 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.22 Earth days (3.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1063 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.184 %

Duration

2.572 h

Impact parameter b

0.885

Rp / R★

0.045520

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,973.3211

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,843 ppm lasting ≈ 2.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.045520

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.885

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,973.3211

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10600

Eq. Temperature

835K

(562 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

107.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.221

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. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-418

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,822 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.081 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.957 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.351 dex

Stellar density

1.767 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-18.45 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,002.53 parsec
Light-years 3,269.81 ly
V-band magnitude
14.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 57,663,127 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.116.10B14.82V14.65Gaia14.70Kepler14.18TESS15.15Sloan g14.64Sloan r14.50Sloan i14.42Sloan z13.49J13.24H13.10K13.09W113.15W212.72W39.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.969 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.672 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.324 · y = -0.714 · z = 0.621

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.43352° · Dec 38.35547°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.018° · 8.218°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.468° · 58.575°

HTM-20 index

-2088815434

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