Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-174 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-174, located approximately 1,254.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.96 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 13.982 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 553 K (280 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,254.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.495
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,130,302 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-174

Kepler-174 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-174 b this Super-Earth 1.96 4.50 13.982 553 2014
Kepler-174 c Super-Earth 1.49 2.83 44.001 377 2014
Kepler-174 d Sub-Neptune 2.19 5.43 247.354 212 2014

Kepler-174 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.96 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.175 R♃
Mass
4.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.495
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

#49of 1176

top 4.1%

This planet

1.96R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-174 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0024.420.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158434144

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106008493152187392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106008493152187392

System

Kepler-174

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.960 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.500 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 13.98 d · percentile 75 / cohort 1164
Distance 384.76 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.495 · percentile 72 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.982 days
Semi-major axis
0.1000 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.24 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.98 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1000 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.102 %

Duration

2.938 h

Impact parameter b

0.220

Rp / R★

0.028932

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,014.9735

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,018 ppm lasting ≈ 2.94 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028932

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

37.150

Impact parameter (b)

0.220

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,014.9735

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26000

Eq. Temperature

553K

(280 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

24.42

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.495

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-174

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,880 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.622 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.602 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.56

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.679 dex

Stellar density

2.872 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
384.76 parsec
Light-years 1,254.91 ly
V-band magnitude
14.53 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,130,302 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.515.54B14.53V14.29Gaia14.29Kepler13.69TESS15.00Sloan g14.24Sloan r13.98Sloan i13.84Sloan z12.79J12.29H12.18K12.18W112.23W212.39W39.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.570 mas

Total Proper Motion

42.954 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-38.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.09 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.216 · y = -0.688 · z = 0.693

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.43895° · Dec 43.83201°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.719° · 15.339°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.269° · 65.389°

HTM-20 index

1089021904

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