Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-110 c

A sub-neptune 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 2.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.52 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 31.720 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1980 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 743 K (470 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,913.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.357
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 33,735,860 years

1 sibling around Kepler-110

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

Kepler-110 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.197 R♃
Mass
5.52 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.017 M♃
Density
2.81 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.357
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

#1658of 1978

top 83.8%

This planet

2.21R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-110 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.52317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.811.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0045.340.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26751563

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128925579652377472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128925579652377472

System

Kepler-110

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.210 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.520 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 31.72 d · percentile 75 / cohort 1946
Distance 586.53 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.357 · percentile 42 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
31.720 days
Semi-major axis
0.1980 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 31.72 Earth days (8.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1980 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.036 %

Duration

4.823 h

Impact parameter b

0.010

Rp / R★

0.017582

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,975.8206

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 363 ppm lasting ≈ 4.82 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017582

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.010

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,975.8206

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.33800

Eq. Temperature

743K

(470 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

45.34

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.357

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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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