Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-110 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-110, located approximately 1,913.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.83 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 12.691 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1070 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,008 K (735 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,913.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.278
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 33,735,860 years

1 sibling around Kepler-110

Kepler-110 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
Kepler-110 b this Super-Earth 1.83 4.01 12.691 1,008 2014
Kepler-110 c Sub-Neptune 2.21 5.52 31.720 743 2014

Kepler-110 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.83 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.163 R♃
Mass
4.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.278
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

#221of 1176

top 18.7%

This planet

1.83R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-110 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00153.880.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26751563

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128925579652377472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128925579652377472

System

Kepler-110

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.830 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.010 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 12.69 d · percentile 71 / cohort 1164
Distance 586.53 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.278 · percentile 31 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.691 days
Semi-major axis
0.1070 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.69 Earth days (3.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1070 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.025 %

Duration

3.755 h

Impact parameter b

0.130

Rp / R★

0.014711

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.1230

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 252 ppm lasting ≈ 3.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014711

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

25.931

Impact parameter (b)

0.130

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.1230

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.18200

Eq. Temperature

1,008K

(735 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

153.88

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.278

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

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-110

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,960 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.149 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.989 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.327 dex

Stellar density

0.530 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

0.04 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
586.53 parsec
Light-years 1,913.01 ly
V-band magnitude
13.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 33,735,860 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.713.713.69B13.00V12.90Gaia12.94Kepler12.50TESS13.29Sloan g12.89Sloan r12.78Sloan i12.77Sloan z11.92J11.66H11.62K11.56W111.59W211.29W39.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.676 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.916 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.17 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.258 · y = -0.609 · z = 0.750

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.92917° · Dec 48.60283°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.823° · 13.836°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.692° · 68.513°

HTM-20 index

-560018101

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