Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

Kepler-75 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-75, located approximately 2,724.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.77 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,209.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 23.17 g
  • An orbital period of 8.885 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0818 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 767 K (494 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,724.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.203
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,047,678 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-75 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.77 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.050 R♃
Mass
3,209.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
10.100 M♃
Density
11.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
23.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.203
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

#1562of 1771

top 88.1%

This planet

11.77R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-75 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.7711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,209.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5111.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0023.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00106.480.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,209.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122785299

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2050231848829944320

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2050231848829944320

System

Kepler-75

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.770 R⊕ · percentile 12 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,209.900 M⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 8.88 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1533
Distance 835.36 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.203 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.885 days
Semi-major axis
0.0818 AU
Eccentricity
0.570
Inclination
89.12 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.88 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0818 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.767 %

Duration

2.078 h

Impact parameter b

0.130

Rp / R★

0.121200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,640.4403

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 17,670 ppm lasting ≈ 2.08 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.121200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.770

Impact parameter (b)

0.130

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1,287.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,640.4403

Long. of periastron (ω)

63.50°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09790

Eq. Temperature

767K

(494 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

106.48

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.203

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hebrard et al. 2013

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2013-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-75

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,200 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

1.850 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-64.18 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Rotation period

19.18 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
835.36 parsec
Light-years 2,724.56 ly
V-band magnitude
15.41 mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,047,678 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.216.24B15.41V15.18Gaia15.26Kepler14.58TESS16.00Sloan g15.21Sloan r14.95Sloan i14.83Sloan z13.67J13.26H13.12K13.16W113.27W213.00W39.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.169 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.357 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.99 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.45 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.290 · y = -0.749 · z = 0.596

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.13762° · Dec 36.57734°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.200° · 9.719°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.748° · 57.637°

HTM-20 index

-1698852045

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