Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-165 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-165, located approximately 1,829.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.23 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 15.313 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1100 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 581 K (308 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,829.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.452
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,260,763 years

1 sibling around Kepler-165

Kepler-165 c 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-165 b Sub-Neptune 2.32 5.99 8.181 716 2014
Kepler-165 c this Sub-Neptune 2.23 5.60 15.313 581 2014

Kepler-165 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.23 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.199 R♃
Mass
5.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.452
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

#1622of 1978

top 82.0%

This planet

2.23R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-165 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0025.930.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123129877

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2119814820141727232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2119814820141727232

System

Kepler-165

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.230 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.600 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 15.31 d · percentile 51 / cohort 1946
Distance 560.89 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.452 · percentile 63 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.313 days
Semi-major axis
0.1100 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.89 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.31 Earth days (4.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1100 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.086 %

Duration

3.028 h

Impact parameter b

0.060

Rp / R★

0.027124

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,004.7920

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 865 ppm lasting ≈ 3.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027124

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

39.380

Impact parameter (b)

0.060

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,004.7920

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19600

Eq. Temperature

581K

(308 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

25.93

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.452

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-165

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,211 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.746 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.542 dex

Stellar density

1.890 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-23.59 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
560.89 parsec
Light-years 1,829.36 ly
V-band magnitude
15.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,260,763 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.715.70B15.05V14.79Gaia14.80Kepler14.23TESS15.46Sloan g14.75Sloan r14.52Sloan i14.41Sloan z13.43J12.93H12.84K12.84W112.89W213.10W39.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.754 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.918 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-15.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.47 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.125 · y = -0.660 · z = 0.741

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.69092° · Dec 47.80967°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.920° · 21.129°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.843° · 70.439°

HTM-20 index

1274663413

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