Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-111 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-111, located approximately 2,143.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.58 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 3.342 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0460 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,356 K (1083 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,143.57 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.209
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,801,894 years

1 sibling around Kepler-111

Kepler-111 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-111 b this Super-Earth 1.58 3.12 3.342 1,356 2014
Kepler-111 c Neptune-like 7.08 222.48 224.778 352 2014

Kepler-111 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.58 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.141 R♃
Mass
3.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.209
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

#603of 1176

top 51.2%

This planet

1.58R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-111 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00677.500.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63001143

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126569051355142656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126569051355142656

System

Kepler-111

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.580 R⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.120 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.34 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1164
Distance 657.22 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.209 · percentile 15 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.342 days
Semi-major axis
0.0460 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.34 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0460 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.018 %

Duration

2.769 h

Impact parameter b

0.010

Rp / R★

0.011790

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.3557

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 178 ppm lasting ≈ 2.77 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011790

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.350

Impact parameter (b)

0.010

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.3557

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07000

Eq. Temperature

1,356K

(1083 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

677.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.209

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-111

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,952 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.157 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.171 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.377 dex

Stellar density

0.432 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
657.22 parsec
Light-years 2,143.57 ly
V-band magnitude
13.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 37,801,894 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.114.314.34B13.54V13.42Gaia13.49Kepler12.99TESS13.88Sloan g13.43Sloan r13.33Sloan i13.30Sloan z12.41J12.11H12.11K12.04W112.10W212.20W39.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.493 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.827 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.262 · y = -0.661 · z = 0.703

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.65316° · Dec 44.68826°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.803° · 12.941°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.775° · 65.239°

HTM-20 index

597305021

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