Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-133 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-133, located approximately 2,131.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.75 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 8.130 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0830 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,041 K (768 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,131.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.272
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,593,508 years

1 sibling around Kepler-133

Kepler-133 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-133 b this Super-Earth 1.76 3.75 8.130 1,041 2014
Kepler-133 c Sub-Neptune 2.84 8.45 31.518 663 2014

Kepler-133 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.157 R♃
Mass
3.75 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.272
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

#315of 1176

top 26.7%

This planet

1.76R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-133 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.75317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00408.580.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 28089143

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086718317558873984

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086718317558873984

System

Kepler-133

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.760 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.750 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 8.13 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1164
Distance 653.60 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.272 · percentile 30 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.130 days
Semi-major axis
0.0830 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.24 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.13 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0830 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

2.071 h

Impact parameter b

0.360

Rp / R★

0.011417

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,958.9705

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 149 ppm lasting ≈ 2.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011417

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.050

Impact parameter (b)

0.360

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,958.9705

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12700

Eq. Temperature

1,041K

(768 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

408.58

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.272

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-133

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,736 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.03 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.425 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.186 dex

Stellar density

0.290 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

10.16 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
653.60 parsec
Light-years 2,131.76 ly
V-band magnitude
12.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 37,593,508 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.513.813.80B12.90V12.84Gaia12.85Kepler12.36TESS13.33Sloan g12.79Sloan r12.64Sloan i12.58Sloan z11.68J11.40H11.32K11.26W111.32W211.20W39.48W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.503 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.540 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.40 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.305 · y = -0.591 · z = 0.747

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.27789° · Dec 48.32035°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.907° · 11.140°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.182° · 66.975°

HTM-20 index

2086522824

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