Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-149 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-149, located approximately 1,862.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 29.199 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1840 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 540 K (267 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,862.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.374
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,844,509 years

2 siblings around Kepler-149

Kepler-149 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-149 b this Neptune-like 4.21 16.50 29.199 540 2014
Kepler-149 c Super-Earth 1.61 3.22 55.328 436 2014
Kepler-149 d Sub-Neptune 3.96 14.90 160.018 306 2014

Kepler-149 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.376 R♃
Mass
16.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.052 M♃
Density
1.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.374
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

#514of 574

top 89.4%

This planet

4.21R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-149 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0023.640.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120638033

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100015089629466112

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100015089629466112

System

Kepler-149

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.210 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 574
Mass 16.500 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 574
Orbital period 29.20 d · percentile 59 / cohort 524
Distance 571.03 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 572
ESI 0.374 · percentile 68 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
29.199 days
Semi-major axis
0.1840 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.95 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 29.20 Earth days (8.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1840 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.205 %

Duration

5.074 h

Impact parameter b

0.020

Rp / R★

0.041512

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,018.4402

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,047 ppm lasting ≈ 5.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.041512

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

45.558

Impact parameter (b)

0.020

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,018.4402

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.32200

Eq. Temperature

540K

(267 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

23.64

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.374

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-149

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,381 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

14.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.953 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.013 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.38

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.465 dex

Stellar density

1.120 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
571.03 parsec
Light-years 1,862.46 ly
V-band magnitude
14.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,844,509 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.316.516.46U15.30B14.15V14.02Gaia14.00Kepler13.49TESS14.60Sloan g13.92Sloan r13.76Sloan i13.64Sloan z12.69J12.27H12.18K12.02W112.10W212.04W39.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.722 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.538 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.214 · y = -0.754 · z = 0.621

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.85370° · Dec 38.38409°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.054° · 14.282°

Ecliptic λ, β

295.702° · 60.416°

HTM-20 index

772216789

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