Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

KOI-984 c

A gas giant 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 14.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 209.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 21.512 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1467 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 597 K (324 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 824.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.208
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,532,801 years

1 sibling around KOI-984

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

KOI-984 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
209.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.660 M♃
Density
0.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.208
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#371of 1771

top 20.9%

This planet

14.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KOI-984 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00209.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 209.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122784501

System

KOI-984

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.100 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 209.800 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 21.51 d · percentile 48 / cohort 1533
Distance 252.67 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.208 · percentile 40 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
21.512 days
Semi-major axis
0.1467 AU
Eccentricity
0.380
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 21.51 Earth days (5.9% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1467 AU.

Eq. Temperature

597K

(324 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.208

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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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