Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-123 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-123, located approximately 3,332.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 26.695 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1810 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 706 K (433 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,332.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.430
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 58,763,439 years

1 sibling around Kepler-123

Kepler-123 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-123 b Sub-Neptune 2.94 55.30 17.232 817 2014
Kepler-123 c this Super-Earth 1.48 2.79 26.695 706 2014

Kepler-123 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.132 R♃
Mass
2.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.430
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

#784of 1176

top 66.6%

This planet

1.48R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-123 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0077.400.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272944990

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2078697552035948800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2078697552035948800

System

Kepler-123

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.480 R⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.790 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 26.70 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,021.66 pc · percentile 81 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.430 · percentile 65 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
26.695 days
Semi-major axis
0.1810 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 26.70 Earth days (7.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1810 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

4.529 h

Impact parameter b

0.230

Rp / R★

0.010567

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,976.9981

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 133 ppm lasting ≈ 4.53 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010567

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

44.630

Impact parameter (b)

0.230

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,976.9981

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17700

Eq. Temperature

706K

(433 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

77.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.430

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

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-123

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,089 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.01 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.264 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.079 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.277 dex

Stellar density

0.490 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,021.66 parsec
Light-years 3,332.21 ly
V-band magnitude
14.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 58,763,439 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.914.714.66B14.13V14.02Gaia14.06Kepler13.59TESS14.46Sloan g14.01Sloan r13.89Sloan i13.82Sloan z12.98J12.73H12.66K12.61W112.68W211.93W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.950 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.170 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.12 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.333 · y = -0.654 · z = 0.679

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.99859° · Dec 42.78196°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.888° · 8.635°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.287° · 62.042°

HTM-20 index

1601151001

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