Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-182 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-182, located approximately 5,052.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 20.684 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1570 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 729 K (456 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 5,052.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.306
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 89,099,950 years

1 sibling around Kepler-182

Kepler-182 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-182 b Sub-Neptune 2.58 7.18 9.826 935 2014
Kepler-182 c this Sub-Neptune 3.43 11.60 20.684 729 2014

Kepler-182 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.306 R♃
Mass
11.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.037 M♃
Density
1.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.306
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

#205of 1978

top 10.3%

This planet

3.43R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-182 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0088.850.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 267672183

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2133080462292772096

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2133080462292772096

System

Kepler-182

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.430 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.600 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 20.68 d · percentile 64 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,549.09 pc · percentile 94 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.306 · percentile 30 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.684 days
Semi-major axis
0.1570 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.74 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.68 Earth days (5.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1570 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.086 %

Duration

6.416 h

Impact parameter b

0.290

Rp / R★

0.027190

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,003.1882

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 859 ppm lasting ≈ 6.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027190

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.290

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,003.1882

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10100

Eq. Temperature

729K

(456 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

88.85

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-182

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,250 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.25 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.146 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.114 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.401 dex

Stellar density

0.480 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,549.09 parsec
Light-years 5,052.45 ly
V-band magnitude
14.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 89,099,950 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.615.415.41B14.94V14.87Gaia14.90Kepler14.44TESS15.31Sloan g14.84Sloan r14.72Sloan i14.68Sloan z13.84J13.57H13.52K13.47W113.51W212.52W39.56W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.617 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.516 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.215 · y = -0.597 · z = 0.773

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.83011° · Dec 50.58620°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.843° · 16.482°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.823° · 71.157°

HTM-20 index

105920975

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