Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-152 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-152, located approximately 1,438.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 18.208 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1240 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 551 K (278 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,438.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.436
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 25,370,441 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-152

Kepler-152 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-152 b this Sub-Neptune 2.79 8.20 18.208 551 2014
Kepler-152 c Sub-Neptune 2.39 6.30 88.255 326 2014

Kepler-152 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.249 R♃
Mass
8.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.026 M♃
Density
2.07 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.436
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

#754of 1978

top 38.1%

This planet

2.79R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-152 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.071.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0021.080.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158387462

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105435544515167232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105435544515167232

System

Kepler-152

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.790 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.200 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 18.21 d · percentile 59 / cohort 1946
Distance 441.09 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.436 · percentile 60 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.208 days
Semi-major axis
0.1240 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.77 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.21 Earth days (5.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1240 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.160 %

Duration

3.756 h

Impact parameter b

0.030

Rp / R★

0.037203

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,018.8420

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,597 ppm lasting ≈ 3.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.037203

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.030

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,018.8420

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.28100

Eq. Temperature

551K

(278 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

21.08

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.436

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-152

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,088 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.724 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.779 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.605 dex

Stellar density

1.860 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
441.09 parsec
Light-years 1,438.64 ly
V-band magnitude
14.38 mag
Voyager-speed travel 25,370,441 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.115.11B14.38V14.24Gaia14.29Kepler13.68TESS14.92Sloan g14.22Sloan r14.02Sloan i13.91Sloan z12.85J12.49H12.30K12.31W112.37W212.62W39.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.238 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.775 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-12.42 mas/yr

PM Declination

-28.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.216 · y = -0.711 · z = 0.669

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.86538° · Dec 41.98896°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.792° · 15.001°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.155° · 63.731°

HTM-20 index

-2069368069

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