Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

Kepler-448 c

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white KOI-12, located approximately 1,302.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6,992.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 48.56 g
  • An orbital period of 2,500.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.2000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,302.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.279
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,972,417 years

1 sibling around KOI-12

Kepler-448 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
KOI-12 b Gas Giant 13.79 349.61 17.855 911 2015
Kepler-448 c this Gas Giant 12.00 6,992.26 2,500.000 2017

Kepler-448 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.070 R♃
Mass
6,992.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
22.000 M♃
Density
22.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
48.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.279
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1494of 1771

top 84.3%

This planet

12.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-448 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006,992.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5122.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0048.562.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6,992.260 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169461816

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073860662955260416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073860662955260416

System

KOI-12

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.000 R⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,992.260 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,500.00 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1533
Distance 399.40 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.279 · percentile 52 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,500.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.2000 AU
Eccentricity
0.650
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.84 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 4.2000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.279

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Masuda 2017

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2017-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KOI-12

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,635 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.45 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.400 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.500 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.308 dex

Stellar density

0.800 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-14.68 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

60.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
399.40 parsec
Light-years 1,302.66 ly
V-band magnitude
11.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,972,417 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.211.711.73B11.51V11.25Gaia11.35Kepler10.93TESS11.57Sloan g11.28Sloan r11.25Sloan i11.26Sloan z10.46J10.29H10.23K10.19W110.20W210.02W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.475 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.999 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.04 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.348 · y = -0.670 · z = 0.656

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.45374° · Dec 41.01102°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.499° · 7.470°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.552° · 60.274°

HTM-20 index

-946880236

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