Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

KOI-2513.01

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) KOI-2513, located approximately 4,467.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7,310.05 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 930.91 g
  • An orbital period of 19.005 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 758 K (485 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,467.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.056
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 78,791,645 years

KOI-2513.01 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.250 R♃
Mass
7,310.05 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
23.000 M♃
Density
2,000.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
930.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.056
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

#741of 1978

top 37.4%

This planet

2.80R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-2513.01 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007,310.05317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512,000.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.00930.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0078.190.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7,310.053 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270618386

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128167225867000576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128167225867000576

System

KOI-2513

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.802 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1978
Mass 7,310.053 M⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 19.01 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,369.87 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.056 · percentile 0 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
19.005 days
Semi-major axis
0.5000 AU
Eccentricity
0.360
Inclination
89.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 19.01 Earth days (5.2% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.5000 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.054 %

Duration

1.843 h

Impact parameter b

1.895

Rp / R★

0.022000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,977.1520

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 542 ppm lasting ≈ 1.84 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

100.000

Impact parameter (b)

1.895

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,977.1520

Long. of periastron (ω)

-154.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.36500

Eq. Temperature

758K

(485 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

78.19

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.056

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.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ca Ntilde As et al. 2023

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2023-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KOI-2513

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,900 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.200 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.37

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

0.800 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,369.87 parsec
Light-years 4,467.91 ly
V-band magnitude
14.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 78,791,645 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.615.65B14.91V14.81Gaia14.84Kepler14.38TESS15.24Sloan g14.81Sloan r14.67Sloan i14.63Sloan z13.76J13.45H13.37K13.35W113.38W213.10W39.22W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

6.362 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.277 · y = -0.632 · z = 0.724

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.66888° · Dec 46.37923°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.996° · 12.412°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.506° · 66.280°

HTM-20 index

-1426571008

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