Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

KOI-1599.01

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) KOI-1599, located approximately 3,690.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 20.442 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1473 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 660 K (387 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,690.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.427
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 65,089,225 years

1 sibling around KOI-1599

KOI-1599.01 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
KOI-1599.02 Super-Earth 1.90 9.00 13.609 755 2019
KOI-1599.01 this Super-Earth 1.90 4.60 20.442 660 2019

KOI-1599.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.170 R♃
Mass
4.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.427
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#125of 1176

top 10.5%

This planet

1.90R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-1599.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0044.800.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 170647523

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073779161653824640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073779161653824640

System

KOI-1599

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.900 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.600 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 20.44 d · percentile 85 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,131.64 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.427 · percentile 64 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.442 days
Semi-major axis
0.1473 AU
Eccentricity
0.014
Inclination
89.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.44 Earth days (5.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1473 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.036 %

Duration

6.642 h

Impact parameter b

0.513

Rp / R★

0.018000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,952.7300

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 363 ppm lasting ≈ 6.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

32.630

Impact parameter (b)

0.513

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,952.7300

Long. of periastron (ω)

230.18°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13000

Eq. Temperature

660K

(387 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

44.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.427

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

Panichi et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-06

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2019 at Kepler (2 shown).

Host System: KOI-1599

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,833 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.972 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.472 dex

Stellar density

0.017 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,131.64 parsec
Light-years 3,690.91 ly
V-band magnitude
14.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 65,089,225 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.715.71B14.80V14.85Gaia14.80Kepler14.36TESS15.35Sloan g14.72Sloan r14.57Sloan i14.46Sloan z13.63J13.27H13.24K12.97W113.02W212.49W38.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.855 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.377 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.361 · y = -0.668 · z = 0.651

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.37384° · Dec 40.61845°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.507° · 6.670°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.551° · 59.651°

HTM-20 index

-633531986

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