Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

Kepler-783 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-783, located approximately 1,683.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.33 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.11 g
  • An orbital period of 7.054 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0690 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 840 K (567 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,683.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.309
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,684,262 years

1 sibling around Kepler-783

Kepler-783 c 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-783 b Rocky Terrestrial 0.78 0.40 4.293 991 2016
Kepler-783 c this Sub-Neptune 2.33 6.04 7.054 840 2020

Kepler-783 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.33 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.208 R♃
Mass
6.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.019 M♃
Density
2.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.309
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1450of 1978

top 73.3%

This planet

2.33R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-783 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00113.300.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159642390

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129164173675031936

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129164173675031936

System

Kepler-783

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.332 R⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.040 M⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.05 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1946
Distance 516.09 pc · percentile 48 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.309 · percentile 30 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.054 days
Semi-major axis
0.0690 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.66 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.05 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0690 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.052 %

Duration

1.724 h

Impact parameter b

0.920

Rp / R★

0.020968

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.3573

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 521 ppm lasting ≈ 1.72 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.020968

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.220

Impact parameter (b)

0.920

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.3573

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13400

Eq. Temperature

840K

(567 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

113.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.309

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

Armstrong et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-783

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,411 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.872 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

1.998 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
516.09 parsec
Light-years 1,683.26 ly
V-band magnitude
14.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,684,262 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.714.70B14.15V13.94Gaia13.92Kepler13.43TESS14.42Sloan g13.87Sloan r13.70Sloan i13.62Sloan z12.71J12.34H12.29K12.21W112.26W212.73W38.78W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.909 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.150 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.50 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.243 · y = -0.631 · z = 0.737

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.06286° · Dec 47.48479°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.234° · 14.494°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.394° · 67.991°

HTM-20 index

-29396692

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