Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

Kepler-139 e

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-139, located approximately 1,275.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 378.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.01 g
  • An orbital period of 2,047.635 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.2358 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,275.39 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.323
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,491,570 years

4 siblings around Kepler-139

Kepler-139 e shares its host star with 4 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-139 d Super-Earth 1.70 2.00 7.306 972 2023
Kepler-139 b Sub-Neptune 2.94 7.00 15.771 752 2014
Kepler-139 c Sub-Neptune 3.38 13.00 157.073 350 2014
Kepler-139 f Neptune-like 6.67 36.00 355.000 2025
Kepler-139 e this Gas Giant 13.70 378.00 2,047.635 2023

Kepler-139 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.220 R♃
Mass
378.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.189 M♃
Density
0.81 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.323
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-139 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00378.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.811.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 378.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 426.116 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123450224

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105362903731391744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105362903731391744

System

Kepler-139

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 378.000 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,047.64 d · percentile 85 / cohort 1533
Distance 391.04 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.323 · percentile 64 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,047.635 days
Semi-major axis
3.2358 AU
Eccentricity
0.013
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 5.61 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 3.2358 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.323

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Weiss et al. 2024

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2024-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: Kepler-139

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,622 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.045 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.078 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.35

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.345 dex

Stellar density

0.960 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
391.04 parsec
Light-years 1,275.39 ly
V-band magnitude
12.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,491,570 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.913.212.57B12.78V12.68Gaia12.70Kepler12.20TESS13.19Sloan g12.63Sloan r12.49Sloan i12.46Sloan z11.53J11.22H11.17K10.89W110.93W210.84W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.529 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.161 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.155 · y = -0.704 · z = 0.693

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.39195° · Dec 43.88942°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.378° · 18.745°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.678° · 66.356°

HTM-20 index

-675728923

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