Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

KOI-984 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) KOI-984, located approximately 824.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 17.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.92 g
  • An orbital period of 4.288 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0504 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,022 K (749 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 824.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.195
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,532,801 years

1 sibling around KOI-984

KOI-984 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-984 b this Neptune-like 4.30 17.10 4.288 1,022 2022
KOI-984 c Gas Giant 14.10 209.80 21.512 597 2022

KOI-984 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.384 R♃
Mass
17.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.054 M♃
Density
1.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.195
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

#494of 574

top 85.9%

This planet

4.30R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-984 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0017.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00186.310.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122784501

System

KOI-984

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.300 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 574
Mass 17.100 M⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 574
Orbital period 4.29 d · percentile 15 / cohort 524
Distance 252.67 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 572
ESI 0.195 · percentile 26 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.288 days
Semi-major axis
0.0504 AU
Eccentricity
0.120
Inclination
88.93 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.29 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0504 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.229 %

Duration

1.580 h

Impact parameter b

0.830

Rp / R★

0.029232

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,957.7837

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,290 ppm lasting ≈ 1.58 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029232

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.260

Impact parameter (b)

0.830

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,957.7837

Long. of periastron (ω)

-75.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19900

Eq. Temperature

1,022K

(749 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

186.31

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.195

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Sun et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: KOI-984

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,295 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.818 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.928 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

2.397 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
252.67 parsec
Light-years 824.09 ly
V-band magnitude
12.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,532,801 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.014.714.66U12.80V11.63Kepler11.52TESS12.28Sloan g11.96Sloan r11.35Sloan i11.24Sloan z10.46J10.10H10.02K9.87W19.91W29.84W38.99W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

58.414 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

36.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

45.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.287 · y = -0.747 · z = 0.600

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.04894° · Dec 36.84008°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.406° · 9.901°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.752° · 57.910°

HTM-20 index

-1722620655

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