Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-148 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-148, located approximately 2,580.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.89 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 1.729 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0280 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,284 K (1011 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,580.43 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.213
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 45,505,803 years

2 siblings around Kepler-148

Kepler-148 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-148 b this Super-Earth 1.80 3.89 1.729 1,284 2014
Kepler-148 c Sub-Neptune 3.60 12.60 4.180 957 2014
Kepler-148 d Neptune-like 8.68 56.30 51.847 413 2016

Kepler-148 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.161 R♃
Mass
3.89 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.213
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

#253of 1176

top 21.4%

This planet

1.80R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-148 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.89317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00609.020.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159171904

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127828988601389440

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127828988601389440

System

Kepler-148

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.800 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.890 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.73 d · percentile 10 / cohort 1164
Distance 791.16 pc · percentile 67 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.213 · percentile 16 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.729 days
Semi-major axis
0.0280 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.87 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.73 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0280 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.052 %

Duration

1.757 h

Impact parameter b

0.050

Rp / R★

0.019490

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.8185

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 517 ppm lasting ≈ 1.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019490

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.660

Impact parameter (b)

0.050

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.8185

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03540

Eq. Temperature

1,284K

(1011 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

609.02

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.213

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-148

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,272 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.851 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.546 dex

Stellar density

2.532 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
791.16 parsec
Light-years 2,580.43 ly
V-band magnitude
15.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 45,505,803 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.616.63B15.40V15.34Gaia15.34Kepler14.75TESS16.04Sloan g15.28Sloan r15.04Sloan i14.94Sloan z13.90J13.53H13.36K13.38W113.44W212.61W39.45W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.235 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.893 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.231 · y = -0.643 · z = 0.730

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.78616° · Dec 46.85882°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.276° · 15.030°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.641° · 67.729°

HTM-20 index

1774126763

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