Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

Kepler-449 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-449, located approximately 789.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.07 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 33.673 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1979 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 661 K (388 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 789.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.368
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,916,328 years

1 sibling around Kepler-449

Kepler-449 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-449 b Sub-Neptune 2.06 4.88 12.582 917 2015
Kepler-449 c this Sub-Neptune 2.76 8.07 33.673 661 2015

Kepler-449 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.247 R♃
Mass
8.07 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.025 M♃
Density
2.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.368
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

#791of 1978

top 39.9%

This planet

2.76R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-449 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.07317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0045.090.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270779644

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077618037775709568

System

Kepler-449

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.764 R⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.070 M⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 33.67 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1946
Distance 241.95 pc · percentile 31 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.368 · percentile 45 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
33.673 days
Semi-major axis
0.1979 AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
89.41 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 33.67 Earth days (9.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1979 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

8.227 h

Impact parameter b

0.806

Rp / R★

0.011948

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,995.0405

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 171 ppm lasting ≈ 8.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011948

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.270

Impact parameter (b)

0.806

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,995.0405

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.81800

Eq. Temperature

661K

(388 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

45.09

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.368

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

Van Eylen Albrecht 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-449

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,649 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.77 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.467 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.091 dex

Stellar density

0.390 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

14.63 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
241.95 parsec
Light-years 789.13 ly
V-band magnitude
11.45 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,916,328 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.912.012.02B11.45V11.23Gaia11.41Kepler10.77TESS11.99Sloan g11.46Sloan r10.09J9.77H9.70K9.67W19.73W29.67W38.88W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

45.397 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

-45.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.300 · y = -0.681 · z = 0.668

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.73279° · Dec 41.90064°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.943° · 10.345°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.801° · 62.099°

HTM-20 index

-872962232

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