Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

Kepler-450 d

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-450, located approximately 1,487.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 17.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 25.12 g
  • An orbital period of 7.515 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0827 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,199 K (926 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,487.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.128
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,226,994 years

2 siblings around Kepler-450

Kepler-450 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-450 d this Rocky Terrestrial 0.84 17.60 7.515 1,199 2015
Kepler-450 c Sub-Neptune 2.62 12.50 15.413 944 2015
Kepler-450 b Neptune-like 6.14 19.40 28.455 769 2015

Kepler-450 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.075 R♃
Mass
17.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.055 M♃
Density
77.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
25.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.128
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

#459of 570

top 80.4%

This planet

0.84R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-450 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0017.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5177.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0025.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00557.210.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 17.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27534138

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2135590578620605568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2135590578620605568

System

Kepler-450

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.837 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 570
Mass 17.600 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 570
Orbital period 7.51 d · percentile 70 / cohort 567
Distance 455.98 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 566
ESI 0.128 · percentile 2 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.515 days
Semi-major axis
0.0827 AU
Eccentricity
0.140
Inclination
87.91 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.51 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0827 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.003 %

Duration

4.965 h

Impact parameter b

0.400

Rp / R★

0.005171

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.1753

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 32 ppm lasting ≈ 4.97 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.005171

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.859

Impact parameter (b)

0.400

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.1753

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.18100

Eq. Temperature

1,199K

(926 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

557.21

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.128

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Van Eylen Albrecht 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-450

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,197 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.642 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.083 dex

Stellar density

0.379 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-16.41 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
455.98 parsec
Light-years 1,487.21 ly
V-band magnitude
11.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,226,994 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.112.011.99B11.99V11.65Gaia11.68Kepler11.29TESS11.97Sloan g11.63Sloan r11.56Sloan i11.55Sloan z10.71J10.47H10.43K10.39W110.44W210.38W39.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.164 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.854 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.271 · y = -0.568 · z = 0.777

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.48658° · Dec 51.01352°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.797° · 13.417°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.950° · 69.894°

HTM-20 index

-262721394

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