Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

KOI-7913 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange KOI-7913 A, located approximately 884.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.34 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.08 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.11 g
  • An orbital period of 24.279 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1456 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 432 K (159 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 884.79 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.577
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,603,204 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

KOI-7913 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.34 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.209 R♃
Mass
6.08 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.019 M♃
Density
2.61 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.577
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1429of 1978

top 72.2%

This planet

2.34R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-7913 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.08317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.611.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.008.270.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158320130

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106235301785454208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106235301785454208

System

KOI-7913

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.340 R⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.080 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 24.28 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1946
Distance 271.28 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.577 · percentile 80 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
24.279 days
Semi-major axis
0.1456 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 24.28 Earth days (6.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1456 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.071 %

Duration

4.390 h

Impact parameter b

0.312

Rp / R★

0.027000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,987.5121

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 714 ppm lasting ≈ 4.39 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

40.920

Impact parameter (b)

0.312

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,987.5121

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.53700

Eq. Temperature

432K

(159 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

8.27

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.577

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bouma et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KOI-7913 A

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,324 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.04 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.788 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.760 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.523 dex

Stellar density

2.200 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-17.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

13.30 km/s

Rotation period

3.39 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
271.28 parsec
Light-years 884.79 ly
V-band magnitude
14.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,603,204 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.015.715.70B14.23V14.22Gaia14.16Kepler13.45TESS15.26Sloan g14.16Sloan r13.70Sloan i13.40Sloan z12.27J11.64H11.21K10.79W110.80W210.64W39.02W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.657 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.683 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.99 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.203 · y = -0.675 · z = 0.709

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.74853° · Dec 45.15872°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.793° · 16.305°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.050° · 66.801°

HTM-20 index

-1931841691

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