Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 12.73 Earth radii
A mass of 2,669.66 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 16.47 g
An orbital period of 6.790 days
Semi-major axis 0.0771 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,605 K (1332 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,602.72 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.097
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 45,899,051 years

Kepler-14 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

12.73 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.136 R♃

Mass

2,669.66 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

8.400 M♃

Density

7.10 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

16.47 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.097

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011

Method Transit

Facility Kepler

Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1126of 1771

top 63.5%

This planet

12.73R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

NGTS-5 b 12.73 R⊕ HAT-P-25 b 12.72 R⊕ Qatar-4 b 12.72 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-14 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	12.73	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2,669.66	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	7.10	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	16.47	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	1,029.51	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	2,669.660 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158561566

System

Kepler-14

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.733 R⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1771

Mass 2,669.660 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 6.79 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1533

Distance 798.00 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.097 · percentile 25 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

6.790 days

Semi-major axis

0.0771 AU

Eccentricity

0.035

Inclination

90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.79 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0771 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.225 %

Duration

6.218 h

Impact parameter b

0.000

Rp / R★

0.056900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.0874

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,252 ppm lasting ≈ 6.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.056900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.213

Impact parameter (b)

0.000

RV semi-amplitude (K)

682.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.0874

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09660

Eq. Temperature

1,605K

(1332 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,029.51

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.097

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Buchhave et al. 2011

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2011-11

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2011 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-22 b · Sub-Neptune Kepler-20 d · Sub-Neptune Kepler-26 c · Sub-Neptune Kepler-19 c · Sub-Neptune Kepler-26 b · Sub-Neptune Kepler-28 c · Super-Earth Kepler-10 c · Sub-Neptune Kepler-20 f · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-42 d · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-16 b · Neptune-like Kepler-28 b · Super-Earth Kepler-34 b · Neptune-like

Host System: Kepler-14

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,395 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.048 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.512 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.994 dex

Stellar density

0.292 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

6.53 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

7.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

798.00 parsec

Light-years 2,602.72 ly

V-band magnitude

12.00 mag

Voyager-speed travel 45,899,051 yr