Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-619 d

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-619, located approximately 2,937.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 11.679 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1021 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 830 K (557 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,937.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.247
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,804,844 years

2 siblings around Kepler-619

Kepler-619 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-619 c Super-Earth 1.69 3.50 1.208 1,767 2016
Kepler-619 b Sub-Neptune 3.16 10.10 5.404 1,073 2016
Kepler-619 d this Neptune-like 4.17 16.20 11.679 830 2023

Kepler-619 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.372 R♃
Mass
16.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.051 M♃
Density
1.23 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.247
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

#526of 574

top 91.5%

This planet

4.17R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-619 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.231.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00112.070.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 417659212

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129503235571760128

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129503235571760128

System

Kepler-619

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.170 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 574
Mass 16.200 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 574
Orbital period 11.68 d · percentile 40 / cohort 524
Distance 900.68 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 572
ESI 0.247 · percentile 40 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.679 days
Semi-major axis
0.1021 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.68 Earth days (3.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1021 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.119 %

Duration

1.264 h

Impact parameter b

0.940

Rp / R★

0.039589

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.5119

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,185 ppm lasting ≈ 1.26 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039589

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

31.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.940

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.5119

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11300

Eq. Temperature

830K

(557 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

112.07

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.247

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-619

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,122 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.78 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.964 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.041 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.487 dex

Stellar density

4.277 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
900.68 parsec
Light-years 2,937.62 ly
V-band magnitude
14.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 51,804,844 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.015.615.61B14.84V14.67Gaia14.70Kepler14.21TESS15.12Sloan g14.64Sloan r14.52Sloan i14.45Sloan z13.58J13.26H13.29K13.21W113.26W213.03W38.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.082 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.114 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.236 · y = -0.620 · z = 0.748

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.84909° · Dec 48.41598°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.050° · 15.009°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.017° · 68.905°

HTM-20 index

-395346124

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