Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1714 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1714, located approximately 1,335.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 10.275 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1055 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,211 K (938 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,335.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.182
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,551,160 years

Kepler-1714 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.291 R♃
Mass
10.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.182
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#304of 1978

top 15.3%

This planet

3.26R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1714 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00504.300.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270698316

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128069334973424000

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128069334973424000

System

Kepler-1714

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.264 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.700 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.28 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1946
Distance 409.46 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.182 · percentile 5 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.275 days
Semi-major axis
0.1055 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.49 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.28 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1055 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

6.320 h

Impact parameter b

0.742

Rp / R★

0.014630

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,010.2730

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 210 ppm lasting ≈ 6.32 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014630

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.460

Impact parameter (b)

0.742

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,010.2730

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.25800

Eq. Temperature

1,211K

(938 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

504.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.182

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1714

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,150 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.086 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.448 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.960 dex

Stellar density

0.310 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
409.46 parsec
Light-years 1,335.48 ly
V-band magnitude
11.04 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,551,160 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.011.511.54B11.04V10.97Gaia11.02Kepler10.57TESS11.51Sloan g11.05Sloan r10.01J9.77H9.71K9.66W19.69W29.60W38.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.414 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.054 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

13.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.278 · y = -0.633 · z = 0.722

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.71647° · Dec 46.22669°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.871° · 12.315°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.431° · 66.127°

HTM-20 index

-1402802841

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