Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1414 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1414, located approximately 1,861.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.23 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.35 g
  • An orbital period of 3.516 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0426 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,033 K (760 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,861.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.298
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,833,063 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1414 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.23 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.110 R♃
Mass
2.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.006 M♃
Density
6.02 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.35 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.298
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#17of 570

top 2.8%

This planet

1.23R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1414 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.021.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.352.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00209.460.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164828419

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2104245357537867008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2104245357537867008

System

Kepler-1414

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.230 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 570
Mass 2.040 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 570
Orbital period 3.52 d · percentile 38 / cohort 567
Distance 570.84 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 566
ESI 0.298 · percentile 38 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.516 days
Semi-major axis
0.0426 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.52 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0426 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

1.364 h

Impact parameter b

0.249

Rp / R★

0.014625

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.2984

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 264 ppm lasting ≈ 1.36 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014625

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.690

Impact parameter (b)

0.249

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.2984

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07460

Eq. Temperature

1,033K

(760 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

209.46

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.298

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1414

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,951 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.750 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

11.128 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
570.84 parsec
Light-years 1,861.81 ly
V-band magnitude
14.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,833,063 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.115.715.48B14.99V14.86Gaia14.90Kepler14.25TESS15.68Sloan g14.81Sloan r14.56Sloan i14.43Sloan z13.36J12.87H12.73K12.77W112.82W212.82W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.723 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.424 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.28 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.190 · y = -0.713 · z = 0.675

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.92858° · Dec 42.42231°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.635° · 16.492°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.219° · 64.509°

HTM-20 index

2074692331

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