Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-454 d

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-454, located approximately 753.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 734.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.15 g
  • An orbital period of 4,073.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.1000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 752.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.377
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,279,033 years

2 siblings around Kepler-454

Kepler-454 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-454 b Sub-Neptune 2.37 5.40 10.574 916 2015
Kepler-454 c Gas Giant 12.90 1,433.41 524.190 2015
Kepler-454 d this Gas Giant 13.30 734.18 4,073.000 2023

Kepler-454 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.190 R♃
Mass
734.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.310 M♃
Density
1.71 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.377
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Telescope 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-454 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00734.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.711.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 734.184 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 121276638

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2099541715513813504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2099541715513813504

System

Kepler-454

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 734.184 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4,073.00 d · percentile 91 / cohort 1533
Distance 230.87 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.377 · percentile 78 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4,073.000 days
Semi-major axis
5.1000 AU
Eccentricity
0.089
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 11.15 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 5.1000 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

28.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,433.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

117.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

22.10000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.377

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bonomo et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS-N Spectrograph

Publication

2023-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: Kepler-454

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,687 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.25 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.066 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

1.199 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-70.26 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
230.87 parsec
Light-years 752.99 ly
V-band magnitude
11.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,279,033 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.114.614.59U12.38B11.57V11.44Gaia11.46Kepler10.98TESS11.54Sloan g10.80Sloan r11.21Sloan i12.09Sloan z10.36J10.02H9.97K9.92W19.97W29.91W39.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.303 mas

Total Proper Motion

53.015 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

21.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

48.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.236 · y = -0.749 · z = 0.619

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.47865° · Dec 38.22908°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.441° · 13.054°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.127° · 59.973°

HTM-20 index

686175181

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