Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-150 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-150, located approximately 2,906.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.34 g
  • An orbital period of 3.428 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0440 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,131 K (858 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,906.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.270
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,253,480 years

4 siblings around Kepler-150

Kepler-150 b shares its host star with 4 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-150 b this Super-Earth 1.25 2.10 3.428 1,131 2014
Kepler-150 c Sub-Neptune 3.69 13.20 7.382 876 2014
Kepler-150 d Sub-Neptune 2.79 8.20 12.561 734 2014
Kepler-150 e Sub-Neptune 3.12 9.91 30.827 544 2014
Kepler-150 f Sub-Neptune 3.64 12.90 637.209 2017

Kepler-150 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.112 R♃
Mass
2.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.270
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

#1161of 1176

top 98.6%

This planet

1.25R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-150 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00367.260.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 121598758

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2102063136195478656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2102063136195478656

System

Kepler-150

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.250 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.100 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.43 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1164
Distance 891.09 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.270 · percentile 29 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.428 days
Semi-major axis
0.0440 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.57 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.43 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0440 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

2.309 h

Impact parameter b

0.080

Rp / R★

0.013171

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.3679

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 206 ppm lasting ≈ 2.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013171

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.940

Impact parameter (b)

0.080

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.3679

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04940

Eq. Temperature

1,131K

(858 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

367.26

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.270

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-150

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,560 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.74 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.939 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.956 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.466 dex

Stellar density

1.390 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
891.09 parsec
Light-years 2,906.35 ly
V-band magnitude
15.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 51,253,480 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.016.05B15.16V14.97Gaia14.99Kepler14.47TESS15.50Sloan g14.93Sloan r14.77Sloan i14.67Sloan z13.82J13.42H13.37K13.32W113.37W212.93W39.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.094 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.466 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.238 · y = -0.722 · z = 0.650

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.23410° · Dec 40.52090°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.833° · 13.468°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.485° · 62.044°

HTM-20 index

-1329079056

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