Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-107 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-107, located approximately 1,715.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.92 g
  • An orbital period of 4.901 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0606 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,378 K (1105 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,715.57 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.172
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 30,254,089 years

3 siblings around Kepler-107

Kepler-107 c shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-107 b Super-Earth 1.54 3.80 3.180 1,592 2014
Kepler-107 c this Super-Earth 1.60 10.00 4.901 1,378 2014
Kepler-107 d Rocky Terrestrial 0.86 7.70 7.958 1,173 2014
Kepler-107 e Sub-Neptune 2.90 14.10 14.749 955 2014

Kepler-107 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.142 R♃
Mass
10.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.031 M♃
Density
13.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.172
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#585of 1176

top 49.7%

This planet

1.60R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-107 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5113.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00602.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27988327

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086625752425381632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086625752425381632

System

Kepler-107

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.597 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1176
Mass 10.000 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.90 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1164
Distance 526.00 pc · percentile 48 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.172 · percentile 8 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.901 days
Semi-major axis
0.0606 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
89.49 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.90 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0606 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

4.269 h

Impact parameter b

0.080

Rp / R★

0.010120

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,697.0183

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 140 ppm lasting ≈ 4.27 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010120

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.650

Impact parameter (b)

0.080

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.290 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,697.0183

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11500

Eq. Temperature

1,378K

(1105 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

602.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.172

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.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-107

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,854 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.447 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.238 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.210 dex

Stellar density

0.400 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

5.64 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.60 km/s

Rotation period

20.30 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
526.00 parsec
Light-years 1,715.57 ly
V-band magnitude
12.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 30,254,089 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.213.313.33B12.54V12.46Gaia12.49Kepler12.01TESS12.90Sloan g12.43Sloan r12.31Sloan i12.27Sloan z11.39J11.11H11.06K11.03W111.09W211.08W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.872 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.486 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.32 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.303 · y = -0.594 · z = 0.746

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.02816° · Dec 48.20860°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.726° · 11.233°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.673° · 66.954°

HTM-20 index

2092807115

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