Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

Kepler-433 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-433, located approximately 6,126.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 896.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.39 g
  • An orbital period of 5.334 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0679 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,776 K (1503 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,126.22 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.072
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 108,035,897 years

Kepler-433 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.450 R♃
Mass
896.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.820 M♃
Density
1.13 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.39 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.072
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#145of 1771

top 8.1%

This planet

16.25R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-433 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00896.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.131.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.392.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,682.660.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 896.240 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169556484

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073856917743350784

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073856917743350784

System

Kepler-433

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.250 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1771
Mass 896.240 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.33 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,878.31 pc · percentile 90 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.072 · percentile 14 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.334 days
Semi-major axis
0.0679 AU
Eccentricity
0.119
Inclination
89.21 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.33 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0679 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.511 %

Duration

6.178 h

Impact parameter b

0.082

Rp / R★

0.065900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.9815

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,106 ppm lasting ≈ 6.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.065900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.440

Impact parameter (b)

0.082

RV semi-amplitude (K)

259.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.9815

Long. of periastron (ω)

68.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03610

Eq. Temperature

1,776K

(1503 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,682.66

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.072

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Almenara et al. 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-433

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,360 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.67 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.260 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.460 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.892 dex

Stellar density

0.177 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-1.28 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

11.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,878.31 parsec
Light-years 6,126.22 ly
V-band magnitude
14.72 mag
Voyager-speed travel 108,035,897 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.415.37B14.72V14.42Gaia14.46Kepler13.93TESS14.95Sloan g14.41Sloan r14.25Sloan i14.17Sloan z13.20J12.95H12.83K12.74W112.80W213.02W38.91W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.504 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.155 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.350 · y = -0.669 · z = 0.656

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.59362° · Dec 40.97725°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.522° · 7.361°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.724° · 60.204°

HTM-20 index

-79489847

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