Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-149 c

A super-earth 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 1.61 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.22 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.24 g
  • An orbital period of 55.328 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2810 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 436 K (163 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,862.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.652
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,844,509 years

2 siblings around Kepler-149

Kepler-149 c 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 Neptune-like 4.21 16.50 29.199 540 2014
Kepler-149 c this 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 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.61 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.144 R♃
Mass
3.22 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.24 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.652
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

#550of 1176

top 46.7%

This planet

1.61R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-149 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.22317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.242.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0010.080.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120638033

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100015089629466112

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100015089629466112

System

Kepler-149

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.610 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.220 M⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 55.33 d · percentile 96 / cohort 1164
Distance 571.03 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.652 · percentile 83 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
55.328 days
Semi-major axis
0.2810 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 55.33 Earth days (15.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2810 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.033 %

Duration

6.948 h

Impact parameter b

0.500

Rp / R★

0.016221

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,019.3267

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 326 ppm lasting ≈ 6.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016221

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

60.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.500

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,019.3267

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.49200

Eq. Temperature

436K

(163 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

10.08

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.652

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

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories