Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.49 Earth radii
- A mass of 2.83 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.27 g
- An orbital period of 3.947 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0471 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 981 K (708 °C)
- Distance from Earth 3,885.14 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.306
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 68,514,399 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1614 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#766of 1176
top 65.1%
This planet
1.49R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1614 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.49 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 2.83 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 4.70 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.27 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 276.37 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 48451562
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2132314858600815488
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2132314858600815488
System
Kepler-1614
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 3.95 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0471 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.031 %
Duration
2.836 h
Impact parameter b
0.301
Rp / R★
0.017676
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,965.2456
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 309 ppm lasting ≈ 2.84 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.017676
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
10.910
Impact parameter (b)
0.301
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,965.2456
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.03950
Eq. Temperature
981K
(708 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
276.37
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.306
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
Morton et al. 2016Instrument
Kepler CCD Array
Publication
2016-05
Observation locale
Space
Discovery cohort
Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).
Host System: Kepler-1614
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
5,121 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
5.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.760 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.790 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
-0.17
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.580 dex
Stellar density
1.347 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
0.811 mas
Total Proper Motion
3.980 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
3.95 mas/yr
PM Declination
0.51 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.166 · y = -0.624 · z = 0.764
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 284.87139° · Dec 49.77589°
Galactic ℓ, b
79.840° · 19.146°
Ecliptic λ, β
301.641° · 71.585°
HTM-20 index
-515651362
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