Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-141 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-141, located approximately 982.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.41 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 7.011 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0670 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 738 K (465 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 982.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.418
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,323,326 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-141

Kepler-141 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-141 b Rocky Terrestrial 0.69 0.26 3.108 968 2014
Kepler-141 c this Super-Earth 1.41 2.57 7.011 738 2014

Kepler-141 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.41 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.126 R♃
Mass
2.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
5.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.418
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

#902of 1176

top 76.6%

This planet

1.41R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-141 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0077.410.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 273681580

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086455740440489472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086455740440489472

System

Kepler-141

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.410 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.570 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.01 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1164
Distance 301.18 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.418 · percentile 63 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.011 days
Semi-major axis
0.0670 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.03 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.01 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0670 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.035 %

Duration

2.986 h

Impact parameter b

0.310

Rp / R★

0.017900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,007.5760

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 348 ppm lasting ≈ 2.99 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.310

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,007.5760

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22200

Eq. Temperature

738K

(465 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

77.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.418

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-141

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,910 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.39 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.787 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.878 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.566 dex

Stellar density

1.800 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-20.11 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
301.18 parsec
Light-years 982.33 ly
V-band magnitude
13.62 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,323,326 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.714.714.66B13.62V13.42Gaia13.45Kepler12.80TESS14.22Sloan g13.36Sloan r13.12Sloan i12.99Sloan z11.96J11.49H11.39K11.32W111.40W211.67W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.291 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.559 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-20.12 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.315 · y = -0.594 · z = 0.740

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.97073° · Dec 47.73160°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.609° · 10.450°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.526° · 66.239°

HTM-20 index

1205525749

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