Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-864 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-864, located approximately 6,597.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.24 g
  • An orbital period of 2.422 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0382 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,532 K (1259 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,597.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.180
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 116,352,368 years

1 sibling around Kepler-864

Kepler-864 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-864 c this Super-Earth 1.62 3.26 2.422 1,532 2023
Kepler-864 b Sub-Neptune 2.40 6.35 5.834 1,143 2016

Kepler-864 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.145 R♃
Mass
3.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.21 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.24 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.180
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

#532of 1176

top 45.2%

This planet

1.62R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-864 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.211.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.242.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,305.040.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164836049

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2107279803471399168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2107279803471399168

System

Kepler-864

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.620 R⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.260 M⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.42 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1164
Distance 2,022.90 pc · percentile 98 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.180 · percentile 9 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.422 days
Semi-major axis
0.0382 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.11 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.42 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0382 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

2.965 h

Impact parameter b

0.550

Rp / R★

0.012380

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.8352

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 172 ppm lasting ≈ 2.97 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012380

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.350

Impact parameter (b)

0.550

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.8352

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.01890

Eq. Temperature

1,532K

(1259 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,305.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.180

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-864

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,213 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.195 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.270 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.36

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.387 dex

Stellar density

0.495 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,022.90 parsec
Light-years 6,597.81 ly
V-band magnitude
15.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 116,352,368 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.316.34B15.90V15.78Gaia15.78Kepler15.31TESS16.24Sloan g15.71Sloan r15.58Sloan i15.55Sloan z14.68J14.38H14.22K14.25W114.31W212.75W39.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.464 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.497 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.179 · y = -0.667 · z = 0.723

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.05709° · Dec 46.32061°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.468° · 17.831°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.956° · 68.252°

HTM-20 index

-1346453015

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