Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
Kepler-1653 b
Kepler-1653 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star Kepler-1653. Its year lasts 140 Earth days. It was discovered in 2017 by the Transit method.
| Host star | Kepler-1653 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,463 light-years (755.0 pc) |
| Orbital period | 140 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.471 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.000 |
| Radius | 2.17 R⊕ · 0.194 R♃ |
| Mass | 5.35 M⊕ · 0.0168 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 2.88 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 284 K (11 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 0.98 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2017 |
| Discovered by | Kepler |
Habitable zone
Inside its star's habitable zone: it receives enough light for liquid water to exist on its surface under a suitable atmosphere.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 0.78° across: 1.5 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.86. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 49° S. North of latitude 49° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 438 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 44 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.