Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-880 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-880, located approximately 1,961.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.87 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 11.806 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1216 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,407 K (1134 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,961.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.162
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,586,718 years

1 sibling around Kepler-880

Kepler-880 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-880 b Sub-Neptune 2.66 7.56 7.715 1,622 2016
Kepler-880 c this Sub-Neptune 2.87 8.60 11.806 1,407 2023

Kepler-880 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.87 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.256 R♃
Mass
8.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
2.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.162
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

#659of 1978

top 33.3%

This planet

2.87R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-880 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00926.720.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351803495

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105274977158196480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105274977158196480

System

Kepler-880

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.870 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.600 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.81 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1946
Distance 601.32 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.162 · percentile 3 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.806 days
Semi-major axis
0.1216 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.81 Earth days (3.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1216 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.009 %

Duration

4.472 h

Impact parameter b

0.905

Rp / R★

0.010108

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.2641

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 88 ppm lasting ≈ 4.47 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010108

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.080

Impact parameter (b)

0.905

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.2641

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20200

Eq. Temperature

1,407K

(1134 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

926.72

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.162

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-880

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,900 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.599 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.714 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.843 dex

Stellar density

0.102 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-29.44 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
601.32 parsec
Light-years 1,961.25 ly
V-band magnitude
11.85 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,586,718 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.312.412.36B11.85V11.96Gaia12.08Kepler11.67TESS12.27Sloan g12.02Sloan r12.01Sloan i12.05Sloan z11.25J11.07H11.04K11.02W111.03W210.99W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.634 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.104 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.62 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.150 · y = -0.708 · z = 0.691

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.97123° · Dec 43.67278°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.053° · 18.957°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.828° · 66.207°

HTM-20 index

-601720783

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