Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-896 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-896, located approximately 7,615.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.02 g
  • An orbital period of 29.542 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1792 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 515 K (242 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 7,615.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.442
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 134,299,587 years

1 sibling around Kepler-896

Kepler-896 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-896 c this Sub-Neptune 3.15 10.10 29.542 515 2023
Kepler-896 b Sub-Neptune 2.53 6.94 144.547 303 2016

Kepler-896 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.281 R♃
Mass
10.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.032 M♃
Density
1.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.442
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

#391of 1978

top 19.7%

This planet

3.15R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-896 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.022.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0016.560.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123490277

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105221139747765504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105221139747765504

System

Kepler-896

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.150 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.100 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 29.54 d · percentile 73 / cohort 1946
Distance 2,334.93 pc · percentile 98 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.442 · percentile 61 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
29.542 days
Semi-major axis
0.1792 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
81.44 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 29.54 Earth days (8.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1792 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.088 %

Duration

13.902 h

Impact parameter b

0.959

Rp / R★

0.035889

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.5784

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 880 ppm lasting ≈ 13.90 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.035889

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.444

Impact parameter (b)

0.959

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.5784

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07670

Eq. Temperature

515K

(242 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

16.56

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.442

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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-896

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,510 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.59 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.803 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.877 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.572 dex

Stellar density

0.006 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,334.93 parsec
Light-years 7,615.51 ly
V-band magnitude
15.46 mag
Voyager-speed travel 134,299,587 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.516.45B15.46V15.43Gaia15.48Kepler14.90TESS16.06Sloan g15.41Sloan r15.23Sloan i15.11Sloan z14.16J13.68H13.66K13.61W113.70W212.99W39.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.398 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.500 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.85 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.156 · y = -0.706 · z = 0.691

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.43914° · Dec 43.73443°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.236° · 18.660°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.679° · 66.197°

HTM-20 index

-672102039

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