Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-511 c

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-511, located approximately 2,126.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 26.629 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1718 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 742 K (469 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,126.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.276
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,501,423 years

1 sibling around Kepler-511

Kepler-511 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-511 c this Neptune-like 4.21 16.50 26.629 742 2021
Kepler-511 b Neptune-like 6.35 33.10 296.638 332 2016

Kepler-511 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.376 R♃
Mass
16.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.052 M♃
Density
1.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.276
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#517of 574

top 89.9%

This planet

4.21R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-511 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00101.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164456037

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2107644188496163200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2107644188496163200

System

Kepler-511

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.210 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 574
Mass 16.500 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 574
Orbital period 26.63 d · percentile 58 / cohort 524
Distance 652.00 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 572
ESI 0.276 · percentile 45 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
26.629 days
Semi-major axis
0.1718 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 26.63 Earth days (7.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1718 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.049 %

Duration

7.831 h

Impact parameter b

0.000

Rp / R★

0.020100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,024.9963

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 493 ppm lasting ≈ 7.83 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.020100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

26.374

Impact parameter (b)

0.000

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,024.9963

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26300

Eq. Temperature

742K

(469 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

101.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.276

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

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-511

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,866 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.12 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.417 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.958 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.117 dex

Stellar density

0.489 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

2.62 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
652.00 parsec
Light-years 2,126.53 ly
V-band magnitude
12.71 mag
Voyager-speed travel 37,501,423 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.314.013.97B12.71V12.58Gaia12.75Kepler12.16TESS13.23Sloan g12.69Sloan r12.54Sloan i11.53J11.22H11.19K11.14W111.18W211.04W39.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.505 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.293 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-24.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.17 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.151 · y = -0.657 · z = 0.738

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.94554° · Dec 47.57492°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.192° · 19.614°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.016° · 69.847°

HTM-20 index

1610354275

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