Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-865 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-865, located approximately 1,911.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.64 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.81 g
  • An orbital period of 6.209 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0610 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 914 K (641 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,911.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.345
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 33,713,198 years

1 sibling around Kepler-865

Kepler-865 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-865 c this Rocky Terrestrial 0.89 0.64 6.209 914 2023
Kepler-865 b Sub-Neptune 2.49 6.76 14.164 694 2016

Kepler-865 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.079 R♃
Mass
0.64 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
4.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.345
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

#418of 570

top 73.2%

This planet

0.89R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-865 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.64317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.812.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00164.980.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 273499989

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2078648211455026432

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2078648211455026432

System

Kepler-865

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.890 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 570
Mass 0.640 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 570
Orbital period 6.21 d · percentile 63 / cohort 567
Distance 586.14 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 566
ESI 0.345 · percentile 50 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.209 days
Semi-major axis
0.0610 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.11 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.21 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0610 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.010 %

Duration

2.637 h

Impact parameter b

0.272

Rp / R★

0.009191

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.8794

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 102 ppm lasting ≈ 2.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.009191

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.490

Impact parameter (b)

0.272

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.8794

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10400

Eq. Temperature

914K

(641 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

164.98

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.345

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-865

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,440 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.885 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.782 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.438 dex

Stellar density

2.626 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
586.14 parsec
Light-years 1,911.72 ly
V-band magnitude
14.64 mag
Voyager-speed travel 33,713,198 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.615.58B14.64V14.50Gaia14.48Kepler13.94TESS15.11Sloan g14.44Sloan r14.21Sloan i14.11Sloan z13.15J12.74H12.68K12.62W112.68W212.88W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.678 mas

Total Proper Motion

36.819 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-35.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.337 · y = -0.642 · z = 0.689

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.72423° · Dec 43.52728°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.808° · 8.540°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.964° · 62.519°

HTM-20 index

2111452762

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