Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

KPS-1 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange KPS-1, located approximately 856.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 346.43 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.60 g
  • An orbital period of 1.706 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0269 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,459 K (1186 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 856.83 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.103
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,110,221 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

KPS-1 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.030 R♃
Mass
346.43 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.090 M♃
Density
1.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.60 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.103
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit
Facility Acton Sky Portal Observatory
Telescope Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1585of 1771

top 89.4%

This planet

11.55R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KPS-1 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00346.43317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.602.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00729.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 346.435 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 99834717

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1055895483267019392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1055895483267019392

System

KPS-1

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.545 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1771
Mass 346.435 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.71 d · percentile 4 / cohort 1533
Distance 262.71 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.103 · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.706 days
Semi-major axis
0.0269 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.71 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0269 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.098 %

Duration

1.680 h

Impact parameter b

0.754

Rp / R★

0.114300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,508.3702

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,980 ppm lasting ≈ 1.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.114300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.370

Impact parameter (b)

0.754

RV semi-amplitude (K)

198.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,508.3702

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10200

Eq. Temperature

1,459K

(1186 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

729.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.103

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Burdanov et al. 2018

Instrument

SBIG ST-8300M camera

Publication

2018-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KPS-1

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,165 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.907 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.892 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

1.680 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

5.10 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
262.71 parsec
Light-years 856.83 ly
V-band magnitude
12.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,110,221 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.015.815.81U13.95B12.97V12.79Gaia12.21TESS14.05Sloan g13.62Sloan r13.31Sloan i12.65Sloan z11.41J11.03H10.93K10.85W110.92W210.80W39.02W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.778 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.403 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-22.39 mas/yr

PM Declination

-32.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.409 · y = 0.108 · z = 0.906

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 165.16720° · Dec 64.96385°

Galactic ℓ, b

140.127° · 48.300°

Ecliptic λ, β

131.656° · 52.016°

HTM-20 index

-1983375637

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