Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-549 d

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-549, located approximately 2,071.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 24.615 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1575 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 586 K (313 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,071.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.347
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 36,532,021 years

2 siblings around Kepler-549

Kepler-549 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-549 d this Neptune-like 4.20 16.40 24.615 586 2023
Kepler-549 b Sub-Neptune 2.57 11.00 42.950 487 2016
Kepler-549 c Sub-Neptune 2.93 8.91 117.040 349 2016

Kepler-549 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.375 R♃
Mass
16.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.052 M♃
Density
1.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.347
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#518of 574

top 90.1%

This planet

4.20R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-549 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0027.930.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164455792

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2107622335702262400

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2107622335702262400

System

Kepler-549

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.200 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 574
Mass 16.400 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 574
Orbital period 24.61 d · percentile 56 / cohort 524
Distance 635.15 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 572
ESI 0.347 · percentile 62 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
24.615 days
Semi-major axis
0.1575 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.63 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 24.61 Earth days (6.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1575 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.180 %

Duration

2.660 h

Impact parameter b

0.435

Rp / R★

0.038975

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,024.7412

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,798 ppm lasting ≈ 2.66 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038975

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

66.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.435

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,024.7412

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24800

Eq. Temperature

586K

(313 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

27.93

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.347

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. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-549

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,312 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.66 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.986 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.859 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.384 dex

Stellar density

9.270 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

4.33 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
635.15 parsec
Light-years 2,071.56 ly
V-band magnitude
14.81 mag
Voyager-speed travel 36,532,021 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.213.98B14.81V14.62Gaia14.62Kepler14.08TESS15.21Sloan g14.57Sloan r14.37Sloan i14.30Sloan z13.30J12.90H12.83K12.20W112.32W212.09W39.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.546 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.864 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.93 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.153 · y = -0.661 · z = 0.734

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.02285° · Dec 47.26114°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.896° · 19.462°

Ecliptic λ, β

295.928° · 69.531°

HTM-20 index

1564641347

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