Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1514 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1514, located approximately 1,295.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.42 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,678.14 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.88 g
  • An orbital period of 217.832 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.7530 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 388 K (115 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,295.79 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.434
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,851,285 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1514

Kepler-1514 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1514 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.18 1.74 10.514 1,066 2020
Kepler-1514 b this Gas Giant 12.42 1,678.14 217.832 388 2016

Kepler-1514 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.42 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.108 R♃
Mass
1,678.14 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.280 M♃
Density
4.82 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.88 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.434
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1295of 1771

top 73.1%

This planet

12.42R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1514 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.4211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,678.14317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.821.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.882.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.230.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,678.142 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137685450

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2051866238502437632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2051866238502437632

System

Kepler-1514

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.420 R⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,678.142 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 217.83 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1533
Distance 397.29 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.434 · percentile 95 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
217.832 days
Semi-major axis
0.7530 AU
Eccentricity
0.401
Inclination
89.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 217.83 Earth days (59.6% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.7530 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.781 %

Duration

21.327 h

Impact parameter b

0.169

Rp / R★

0.088350

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,071.8141

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,805 ppm lasting ≈ 21.33 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.088350

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

125.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.169

RV semi-amplitude (K)

172.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,071.8141

Long. of periastron (ω)

-75.28°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.90000

Eq. Temperature

388K

(115 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.23

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.434

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1514

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,145 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.289 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.196 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.295 dex

Stellar density

0.787 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-26.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
397.29 parsec
Light-years 1,295.79 ly
V-band magnitude
11.77 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,851,285 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.114.614.59U12.48B11.77V11.83Gaia11.69Kepler11.46TESS12.36Sloan g14.35Sloan r11.85Sloan i13.10Sloan z10.95J10.73H10.69K10.65W110.66W210.68W39.07W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.489 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.041 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.304 · y = -0.729 · z = 0.614

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.62749° · Dec 37.86017°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.905° · 9.244°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.584° · 58.536°

HTM-20 index

1302048674

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