Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-134 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-134, located approximately 1,092.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 5.317 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0600 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,105 K (832 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,091.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.243
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,256,722 years

1 sibling around Kepler-134

Kepler-134 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-134 b this Sub-Neptune 2.00 4.66 5.317 1,105 2014
Kepler-134 c Super-Earth 1.26 2.13 10.106 892 2014

Kepler-134 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.178 R♃
Mass
4.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.243
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

#1955of 1978

top 98.8%

This planet

2.00R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-134 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00301.370.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48448369

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2132215421518219392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2132215421518219392

System

Kepler-134

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.000 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.660 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.32 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1946
Distance 334.80 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.243 · percentile 15 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.317 days
Semi-major axis
0.0600 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.32 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0600 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

2.901 h

Impact parameter b

0.120

Rp / R★

0.015421

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,004.8761

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 284 ppm lasting ≈ 2.90 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015421

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.610

Impact parameter (b)

0.120

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,004.8761

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17900

Eq. Temperature

1,105K

(832 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

301.37

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.243

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-134

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,983 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.176 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.956 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.310 dex

Stellar density

1.050 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-27.16 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
334.80 parsec
Light-years 1,091.96 ly
V-band magnitude
12.32 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,256,722 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.413.313.30B12.32V12.22Gaia12.32Kepler11.82TESS12.72Sloan g12.26Sloan r12.16Sloan i11.26J10.98H10.95K10.89W110.93W210.81W39.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.958 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.189 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.89 mas/yr

PM Declination

14.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.165 · y = -0.627 · z = 0.762

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.73912° · Dec 49.59844°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.633° · 19.167°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.206° · 71.444°

HTM-20 index

-290941955

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