Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

Kepler-69 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-69, located approximately 2,383.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.65 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 13.722 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0940 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 779 K (506 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,382.98 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.339
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 42,023,802 years

1 sibling around Kepler-69

Kepler-69 b 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-69 b this Sub-Neptune 2.24 5.65 13.722 779 2013
Kepler-69 c Super-Earth 1.71 3.57 242.461 299 2013

Kepler-69 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.200 R♃
Mass
5.65 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.339
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1607of 1978

top 81.2%

This planet

2.24R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-69 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.65317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00123.520.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275573429

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126436800722944000

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126436800722944000

System

Kepler-69

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.240 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.650 M⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 13.72 d · percentile 47 / cohort 1946
Distance 730.63 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.339 · percentile 38 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.722 days
Semi-major axis
0.0940 AU
Eccentricity
0.160
Inclination
89.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.72 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0940 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.060 %

Duration

5.126 h

Impact parameter b

0.150

Rp / R★

0.022070

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.8414

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 597 ppm lasting ≈ 5.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022070

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

21.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.150

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.8414

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12900

Eq. Temperature

779K

(506 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

123.52

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.339

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

Barclay et al. 2013

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2013-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-69

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,638 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.18 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

1.370 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-38.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
730.63 parsec
Light-years 2,382.98 ly
V-band magnitude
13.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 42,023,802 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.714.66B13.87V13.71Gaia13.75Kepler13.26TESS14.19Sloan g13.70Sloan r13.56Sloan i13.50Sloan z12.63J12.28H12.23K12.17W112.23W212.21W39.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.340 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.796 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.71 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.280 · y = -0.651 · z = 0.705

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.26090° · Dec 44.86887°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.482° · 11.994°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.460° · 64.995°

HTM-20 index

-1824808970

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