Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-132 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-132, located approximately 1,140.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 6.415 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0680 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,069 K (796 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,140.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.288
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,105,222 years

3 siblings around Kepler-132

Kepler-132 c shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-132 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.21 1.92 6.178 1,082 2014
Kepler-132 c this Super-Earth 1.28 2.18 6.415 1,069 2014
Kepler-132 d Super-Earth 1.55 3.02 18.010 758 2014
Kepler-132 e Rocky Terrestrial 1.18 1.76 110.287 414 2016

Kepler-132 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.114 R♃
Mass
2.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.71 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.288
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

#1117of 1176

top 94.9%

This planet

1.28R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-132 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.711.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00271.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 237158274

System

Kepler-132

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.280 R⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.180 M⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 6.41 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1164
Distance 349.55 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.288 · percentile 34 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.415 days
Semi-major axis
0.0680 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.44 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.41 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0680 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.012 %

Duration

3.300 h

Impact parameter b

0.080

Rp / R★

0.011350

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,002.6391

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 121 ppm lasting ≈ 3.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011350

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.080

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,002.6391

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19500

Eq. Temperature

1,069K

(796 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

271.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.288

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-132

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,003 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.178 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.929 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.310 dex

Stellar density

0.910 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
349.55 parsec
Light-years 1,140.08 ly
V-band magnitude
11.92 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,105,222 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

8.812.512.49B11.92V11.82Kepler11.35TESS12.17Sloan g11.75Sloan r11.67Sloan i11.63Sloan z10.80J10.52H10.42K10.38W110.43W210.39W38.85W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

23.666 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-23.50 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.172 · y = -0.731 · z = 0.661

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.23581° · Dec 41.34304°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.102° · 17.267°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.854° · 63.736°

HTM-20 index

-854199848

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