Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-784 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-784, located approximately 4,252.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.02 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 17.157 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1309 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 844 K (571 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,252.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.354
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 74,986,855 years

1 sibling around Kepler-784

Kepler-784 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-784 c this Super-Earth 1.55 3.02 17.157 844 2023
Kepler-784 b Super-Earth 1.58 3.12 31.592 688 2016

Kepler-784 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.138 R♃
Mass
3.02 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.46 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.354
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

#652of 1176

top 55.4%

This planet

1.55R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-784 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.02317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.461.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00119.870.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272078218

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080605823183999616

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080605823183999616

System

Kepler-784

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.550 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.020 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 17.16 d · percentile 81 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,303.72 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.354 · percentile 51 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17.157 days
Semi-major axis
0.1309 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 17.16 Earth days (4.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1309 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.011 %

Duration

11.284 h

Impact parameter b

0.238

Rp / R★

0.009558

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.6895

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 110 ppm lasting ≈ 11.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.009558

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.410

Impact parameter (b)

0.238

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.6895

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10000

Eq. Temperature

844K

(571 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

119.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.354

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-784

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,676 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.487 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.016 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.100 dex

Stellar density

0.096 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-0.56 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,303.72 parsec
Light-years 4,252.16 ly
V-band magnitude
13.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 74,986,855 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.314.34B13.39V13.26Gaia13.29Kepler12.77TESS13.79Sloan g13.24Sloan r13.08Sloan i13.00Sloan z12.06J11.70H11.62K11.61W111.65W211.60W39.34W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.738 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.817 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.296 · y = -0.608 · z = 0.737

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.92067° · Dec 47.44862°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.685° · 11.531°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.121° · 66.609°

HTM-20 index

-2078971621

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