Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

KOI-1783.02

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) KOI-1783, located approximately 2,823.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 15.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.51 g
  • An orbital period of 284.215 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8670 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 321 K (48 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,823.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.463
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,794,718 years

1 sibling around KOI-1783

KOI-1783.02 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-1783.01 Neptune-like 8.86 71.00 134.463 412 2020
KOI-1783.02 this Neptune-like 5.44 15.00 284.215 321 2020

KOI-1783.02 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.485 R♃
Mass
15.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.047 M♃
Density
0.51 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.51 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.463
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#322of 574

top 55.9%

This planet

5.44R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-1783.02 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0015.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.512.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.490.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 15.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159051209

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127790368255394048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127790368255394048

System

KOI-1783

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.440 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 574
Mass 15.000 M⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 574
Orbital period 284.22 d · percentile 93 / cohort 524
Distance 865.73 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 572
ESI 0.463 · percentile 83 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
284.215 days
Semi-major axis
0.8670 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.65 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 284.22 Earth days (77.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.8669 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.165 %

Duration

7.793 h

Impact parameter b

0.888

Rp / R★

0.046340

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,033.8394

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,650 ppm lasting ≈ 7.79 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.046340

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

143.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.888

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,033.8394

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.00000

Eq. Temperature

321K

(48 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.49

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.463

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

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

Vissapragada et al. 2020

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2020-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KOI-1783

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,922 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.143 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.076 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

0.730 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
865.73 parsec
Light-years 2,823.63 ly
V-band magnitude
13.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 49,794,718 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.714.69B13.98V13.91Gaia13.93Kepler13.49TESS14.29Sloan g13.88Sloan r13.77Sloan i13.75Sloan z12.92J12.65H12.62K12.57W112.60W212.80W39.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.126 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.018 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

-17.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.226 · y = -0.644 · z = 0.731

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.34146° · Dec 46.98816°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.272° · 15.360°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.009° · 67.957°

HTM-20 index

1831449784

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