Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

KOI-3503 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the f-type yellow-white KOI-3503, located approximately 2,893.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.50 g
  • An orbital period of 21.185 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1425 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 785 K (512 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,893.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.338
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,021,799 years

1 sibling around KOI-3503

KOI-3503 b 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-3503 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.19 9.20 21.185 785 2021
KOI-3503 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.21 10.36 31.828 686 2021

KOI-3503 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.106 R♃
Mass
9.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.029 M♃
Density
10.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.50 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.338
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

#101of 570

top 17.5%

This planet

1.19R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-3503 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5110.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.502.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0090.200.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 9.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 138097784

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077601373302068352

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077601373302068352

System

KOI-3503

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.190 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 570
Mass 9.200 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 570
Orbital period 21.19 d · percentile 92 / cohort 567
Distance 887.06 pc · percentile 90 / cohort 566
ESI 0.338 · percentile 48 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
21.185 days
Semi-major axis
0.1425 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.42 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 21.19 Earth days (5.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1425 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.007 %

Duration

2.776 h

Impact parameter b

0.033

Rp / R★

0.008331

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,981.8096

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 72 ppm lasting ≈ 2.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008331

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

58.769

Impact parameter (b)

0.033

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,981.8096

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16100

Eq. Temperature

785K

(512 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

90.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.338

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

Jontof Hutter et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KOI-3503

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,001 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.48 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.255 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.858 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.54

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.547 dex

Stellar density

0.440 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
887.06 parsec
Light-years 2,893.21 ly
V-band magnitude
13.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 51,021,799 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.614.56B13.83V13.77Gaia13.83Kepler13.39TESS14.17Sloan g13.80Sloan r13.68Sloan i13.64Sloan z12.81J12.54H12.48K12.46W112.50W212.51W39.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.099 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.085 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-19.73 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.293 · y = -0.686 · z = 0.666

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.15077° · Dec 41.72915°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.586° · 10.652°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.805° · 62.085°

HTM-20 index

-184720875

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