Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-58 e

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-58, located approximately 3,161.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.61 Earth radii
  • A mass of 597.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 230.62 g
  • An orbital period of 4.458 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0533 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,212 K (939 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,161.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.086
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 55,749,056 years

3 siblings around Kepler-58

Kepler-58 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-58 e this Super-Earth 1.61 597.80 4.458 1,212 2023
Kepler-58 b Sub-Neptune 2.78 35.50 10.218 920 2012
Kepler-58 c Sub-Neptune 2.86 53.00 15.574 799 2012
Kepler-58 d Sub-Neptune 2.94 245.34 40.101 583 2014

Kepler-58 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.61 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.144 R♃
Mass
597.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.881 M♃
Density
131.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
230.62 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.086
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

#550of 1176

top 46.7%

This planet

1.61R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-58 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00597.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.51131.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.00230.622.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00511.600.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 597.796 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184471242

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073274618947678464

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073274618947678464

System

Kepler-58

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.610 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1176
Mass 597.796 M⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.46 d · percentile 36 / cohort 1164
Distance 969.25 pc · percentile 79 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.086 · percentile 0 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.458 days
Semi-major axis
0.0533 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.65 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.46 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0533 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

2.867 h

Impact parameter b

0.754

Rp / R★

0.013643

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.3974

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 188 ppm lasting ≈ 2.87 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013643

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.090

Impact parameter (b)

0.754

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.3974

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05500

Eq. Temperature

1,212K

(939 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

511.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.086

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-58

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,100 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.14 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.083 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.017 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.376 dex

Stellar density

0.504 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
969.25 parsec
Light-years 3,161.27 ly
V-band magnitude
15.09 mag
Voyager-speed travel 55,749,056 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.315.34B15.09V14.87Gaia14.82Kepler14.37TESS15.31Sloan g14.76Sloan r14.61Sloan i14.47Sloan z13.64J13.38H13.28K13.24W113.30W213.02W39.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.004 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.187 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.344 · y = -0.695 · z = 0.631

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.35863° · Dec 39.11520°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.419° · 7.266°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.677° · 58.800°

HTM-20 index

-1154929470

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