Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.35 Earth radii
A mass of 2.39 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.31 g
An orbital period of 14.974 days
Semi-major axis 0.1106 AU
Equilibrium temperature 631 K (358 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,364.69 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.494
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,066,345 years

Kepler-1114 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.35 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.120 R♃

Mass

2.39 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.008 M♃

Density

5.34 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.494

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016

Method Transit

Facility Kepler

Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#996of 1176

top 84.6%

This planet

1.35R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-446 d 1.35 R⊕ Kepler-1532 b 1.35 R⊕ Kepler-301 c 1.35 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1114 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.35	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.39	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.34	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.31	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	39.32	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 268612417

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2085258750237006208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2085258750237006208

System

Kepler-1114

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.350 R⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.390 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 14.97 d · percentile 78 / cohort 1164

Distance 418.42 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.494 · percentile 72 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

14.974 days

Semi-major axis

0.1106 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.89 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.97 Earth days (4.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1106 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.027 %

Duration

2.431 h

Impact parameter b

0.266

Rp / R★

0.014949

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.5017

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 265 ppm lasting ≈ 2.43 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014949

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

47.260

Impact parameter (b)

0.266

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.5017

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26400

Eq. Temperature

631K

(358 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

39.32

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.494

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1114

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,374 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

1.470 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

418.42 parsec

Light-years 1,364.69 ly

V-band magnitude

13.94 mag

Voyager-speed travel 24,066,345 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.361 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.352 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

16.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

19.47 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.340 · y = -0.608 · z = 0.717

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 299.23705° · Dec 45.83478°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.373° · 8.757°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.313° · 64.155°

HTM-20 index

-1883253351