Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-975 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-975, located approximately 1,389.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 80.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.70 g
  • An orbital period of 5.058 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0567 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,168 K (895 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,389.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.109
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,507,562 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-975

Kepler-975 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-975 b Super-Earth 1.48 2.79 1.970 1,599 2016
Kepler-975 c this Gas Giant 10.69 80.20 5.058 1,168 2023

Kepler-975 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.954 R♃
Mass
80.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.252 M♃
Density
0.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.109
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

#1708of 1771

top 96.4%

This planet

10.69R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-975 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0080.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00439.800.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122450762

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052826318309391104

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052826318309391104

System

Kepler-975

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.690 R⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1771
Mass 80.200 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.06 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1533
Distance 426.09 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.109 · percentile 29 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.058 days
Semi-major axis
0.0567 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.01 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.06 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0567 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.075 %

Duration

1.132 h

Impact parameter b

1.004

Rp / R★

0.058714

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.7025

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 748 ppm lasting ≈ 1.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.058714

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.530

Impact parameter (b)

1.004

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.7025

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13300

Eq. Temperature

1,168K

(895 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

439.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.109

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-975

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,883 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.667 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.951 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.56

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.972 dex

Stellar density

1.133 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
426.09 parsec
Light-years 1,389.71 ly
V-band magnitude
14.63 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,507,562 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.718.017.97U16.12B14.63V14.45Gaia14.44Kepler13.79TESS15.29Sloan g14.34Sloan r14.02Sloan i13.87Sloan z12.81J12.28H12.19K12.11W112.18W212.04W38.67W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.318 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.971 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.275 · y = -0.733 · z = 0.622

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.54851° · Dec 38.49524°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.736° · 10.990°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.887° · 59.610°

HTM-20 index

1938318411

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