Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-136 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-136, located approximately 1,372.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 16.399 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1330 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 847 K (574 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,372.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.324
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,204,445 years

1 sibling around Kepler-136

Kepler-136 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-136 b Sub-Neptune 2.05 19.80 11.579 951 2014
Kepler-136 c this Super-Earth 1.99 4.62 16.399 847 2014

Kepler-136 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.178 R♃
Mass
4.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.324
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

#4of 1176

top 0.3%

This planet

1.99R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-136 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00162.040.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272375343

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077203178296653056

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077203178296653056

System

Kepler-136

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.990 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.620 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 16.40 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1164
Distance 420.82 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.324 · percentile 43 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.399 days
Semi-major axis
0.1330 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.40 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1330 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.023 %

Duration

3.502 h

Impact parameter b

0.100

Rp / R★

0.013892

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.9685

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 230 ppm lasting ≈ 3.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013892

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

36.730

Impact parameter (b)

0.100

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.9685

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31600

Eq. Temperature

847K

(574 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

162.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.324

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-136

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,165 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.75 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.355 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.204 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.244 dex

Stellar density

0.506 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
420.82 parsec
Light-years 1,372.52 ly
V-band magnitude
11.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,204,445 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.712.512.51B11.82V11.75Gaia12.46Kepler11.37TESS12.51Sloan g12.40Sloan r10.80J10.57H10.52K10.47W110.51W210.52W38.73W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.348 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.448 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.09 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.328 · y = -0.659 · z = 0.677

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.46730° · Dec 42.59880°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.534° · 8.888°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.368° · 62.022°

HTM-20 index

1396327261

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