Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1314 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1314, located approximately 463.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 22.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.88 g
  • An orbital period of 5.425 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0504 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 625 K (352 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 463.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.299
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,166,744 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1314 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.456 R♃
Mass
22.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.072 M♃
Density
0.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.88 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.299
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

#366of 574

top 63.6%

This planet

5.11R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1314 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0022.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.882.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0036.050.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270955259

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079920724360946560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079920724360946560

System

Kepler-1314

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.110 R⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 574
Mass 22.900 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 574
Orbital period 5.42 d · percentile 22 / cohort 524
Distance 141.99 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 572
ESI 0.299 · percentile 49 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.425 days
Semi-major axis
0.0504 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.42 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0504 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.768 %

Duration

1.143 h

Impact parameter b

0.104

Rp / R★

0.080376

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.7291

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,680 ppm lasting ≈ 1.14 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.080376

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

39.290

Impact parameter (b)

0.104

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.7291

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35500

Eq. Temperature

625K

(352 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

36.05

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.299

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1314

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,188 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.03 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.590 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.600 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.680 dex

Stellar density

18.534 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
141.99 parsec
Light-years 463.10 ly
V-band magnitude
17.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,166,744 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.518.818.83B17.82V17.12Gaia16.41Kepler15.62TESS17.23Sloan g16.38Sloan r16.05Sloan i14.10J13.51H13.22K13.07W112.90W212.59W39.50W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.043 mas

Total Proper Motion

132.402 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-85.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

-100.78 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.289 · y = -0.643 · z = 0.710

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.23736° · Dec 45.19683°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.099° · 11.526°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.266° · 65.037°

HTM-20 index

-1680695254

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