Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-113 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-113, located approximately 855.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.53 g
  • An orbital period of 4.754 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0512 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 775 K (502 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 855.67 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.330
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,089,802 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-113

Kepler-113 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-113 b this Super-Earth 1.82 11.70 4.754 775 2014
Kepler-113 c Sub-Neptune 2.18 8.70 8.925 628 2014

Kepler-113 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.162 R♃
Mass
11.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.037 M♃
Density
10.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.53 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.330
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

#235of 1176

top 19.9%

This planet

1.82R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-113 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5110.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.532.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00105.330.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 11.700 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 7.527 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 298834019

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2133369840008452224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2133369840008452224

System

Kepler-113

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.820 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1176
Mass 11.700 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.75 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1164
Distance 262.35 pc · percentile 29 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.330 · percentile 45 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.754 days
Semi-major axis
0.0512 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.54 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.75 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0512 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.075 %

Duration

2.504 h

Impact parameter b

0.080

Rp / R★

0.024190

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,961.5463

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 749 ppm lasting ≈ 2.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024190

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.530

Impact parameter (b)

0.080

RV semi-amplitude (K)

5.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,961.5463

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19500

Eq. Temperature

775K

(502 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

105.33

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.330

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Marcy et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-113

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,725 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.89 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.690 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.750 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.636 dex

Stellar density

2.710 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

0.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
262.35 parsec
Light-years 855.67 ly
V-band magnitude
13.66 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,089,802 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.014.99B13.66V13.46Gaia13.46Kepler12.81TESS14.31Sloan g13.40Sloan r13.10Sloan i12.95Sloan z11.89J11.36H11.26K11.20W111.28W211.27W39.36W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.783 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.325 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-38.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.195 · y = -0.599 · z = 0.777

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.99787° · Dec 50.94418°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.732° · 17.690°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.938° · 71.956°

HTM-20 index

94128134

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