Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

Kepler-145 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-145, located approximately 1,848.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.65 Earth radii
  • A mass of 37.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.28 g
  • An orbital period of 22.951 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1731 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 873 K (600 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,848.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.258
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,603,856 years

1 sibling around Kepler-145

Kepler-145 b 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-145 b this Sub-Neptune 2.65 37.10 22.951 873 2013
Kepler-145 c Neptune-like 4.32 79.40 42.882 709 2013

Kepler-145 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.65 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.236 R♃
Mass
37.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.117 M♃
Density
13.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.258
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#946of 1978

top 47.8%

This planet

2.65R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-145 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0037.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5113.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00154.710.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 37.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159721091

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126237131982289280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126237131982289280

System

Kepler-145

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.650 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Mass 37.100 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 22.95 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1946
Distance 566.85 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.258 · percentile 18 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.951 days
Semi-major axis
0.1731 AU
Eccentricity
0.430
Inclination
88.39 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.95 Earth days (6.3% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1731 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

4.481 h

Impact parameter b

0.923

Rp / R★

0.010880

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,984.5418

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 130 ppm lasting ≈ 4.48 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010880

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.270

Impact parameter (b)

0.923

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,984.5418

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.30500

Eq. Temperature

873K

(600 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

154.71

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.258

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

Xie 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-145

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,022 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.24 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.320 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.020 dex

Stellar density

0.200 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-26.09 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
566.85 parsec
Light-years 1,848.82 ly
V-band magnitude
11.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,603,856 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.312.712.74B11.98V11.87Gaia11.93Kepler11.49TESS12.24Sloan g11.90Sloan r11.80Sloan i11.76Sloan z10.91J10.69H10.63K10.60W110.63W210.63W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.736 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.157 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.84 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.260 · y = -0.664 · z = 0.701

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.38774° · Dec 44.52905°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.573° · 13.043°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.221° · 65.155°

HTM-20 index

561090173

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