Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-149 d

A sub-neptune 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 3.96 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 160.018 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5710 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 306 K (33 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,862.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.610
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,844,509 years

2 siblings around Kepler-149

Kepler-149 d 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 Super-Earth 1.61 3.22 55.328 436 2014
Kepler-149 d this Sub-Neptune 3.96 14.90 160.018 306 2014

Kepler-149 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.96 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.353 R♃
Mass
14.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.047 M♃
Density
1.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.610
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

#4of 1978

top 0.2%

This planet

3.96R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-149 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.9611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.450.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120638033

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100015089629466112

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100015089629466112

System

Kepler-149

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.960 R⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.900 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 160.02 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1946
Distance 571.03 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.610 · percentile 83 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
160.018 days
Semi-major axis
0.5710 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.64 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 160.02 Earth days (43.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5710 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.155 %

Duration

5.150 h

Impact parameter b

0.620

Rp / R★

0.038964

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,084.2835

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,553 ppm lasting ≈ 5.15 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038964

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

127.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.620

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,084.2835

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.00000

Eq. Temperature

306K

(33 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.45

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.610

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

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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