Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-913 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-913, located approximately 3,234.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 5.939 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0699 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,357 K (1084 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,234.22 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.149
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 57,035,495 years

1 sibling around Kepler-913

Kepler-913 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-913 c this Sub-Neptune 3.86 14.20 5.939 1,357 2021
Kepler-913 b Sub-Neptune 2.06 4.90 10.297 1,129 2016

Kepler-913 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.344 R♃
Mass
14.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.045 M♃
Density
1.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.149
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#43of 1978

top 2.1%

This planet

3.86R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-913 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00122.820.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169465273

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076924314661348736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076924314661348736

System

Kepler-913

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.858 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.200 M⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.94 d · percentile 17 / cohort 1946
Distance 991.62 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.149 · percentile 2 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.939 days
Semi-major axis
0.0699 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.94 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0699 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.042 %

Duration

2.236 h

Impact parameter b

0.107

Rp / R★

0.018858

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,186.7540

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 425 ppm lasting ≈ 2.24 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018858

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.130

Impact parameter (b)

0.107

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,186.7540

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07050

Eq. Temperature

1,357K

(1084 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

122.82

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.149

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. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-913

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,068 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.62 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.797 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.294 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.040 dex

Stellar density

4.375 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
991.62 parsec
Light-years 3,234.22 ly
V-band magnitude
15.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 57,035,495 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.716.415.56B15.52V15.74Gaia15.77Kepler15.17TESS16.41Sloan g15.70Sloan r15.49Sloan i15.38Sloan z14.36J13.52H13.48K13.31W113.36W212.97W39.72W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.981 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.057 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.344 · y = -0.659 · z = 0.669

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.58306° · Dec 41.95235°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.373° · 7.852°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.457° · 61.110°

HTM-20 index

-887397815

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