Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

Kepler-447 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-447, located approximately 874.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 435.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 7.794 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0769 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 882 K (609 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 874.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.131
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,417,077 years

Kepler-447 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.650 R♃
Mass
435.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.370 M♃
Density
0.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.131
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

#56of 1771

top 3.1%

This planet

18.49R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-447 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00435.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00119.040.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 435.410 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48506505

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131587531660567296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131587531660567296

System

Kepler-447

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.490 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1771
Mass 435.410 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 7.79 d · percentile 42 / cohort 1533
Distance 268.04 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.131 · percentile 34 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.794 days
Semi-major axis
0.0769 AU
Eccentricity
0.123
Inclination
86.55 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.79 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0769 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.339 %

Duration

1.135 h

Impact parameter b

1.076

Rp / R★

0.165000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.2598

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,387 ppm lasting ≈ 1.14 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.165000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.410

Impact parameter (b)

1.076

RV semi-amplitude (K)

141.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.2598

Long. of periastron (ω)

98.30°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.28700

Eq. Temperature

882K

(609 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

119.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.131

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Lillo Box et al. 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-447

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,493 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.62 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

1.460 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

1.39 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
268.04 parsec
Light-years 874.23 ly
V-band magnitude
12.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,417,077 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.313.813.80B12.52V12.38Gaia12.39Kepler11.89TESS12.90Sloan g12.35Sloan r12.18Sloan i12.12Sloan z11.21J10.88H10.81K10.76W110.80W210.65W39.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.702 mas

Total Proper Motion

24.172 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-23.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.174 · y = -0.638 · z = 0.750

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.26853° · Dec 48.55988°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.727° · 18.486°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.213° · 70.349°

HTM-20 index

-26534568

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