Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-184 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-184, located approximately 1,990.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.97 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.27 g
  • An orbital period of 20.303 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1410 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 630 K (357 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,990.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.448
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,104,491 years

2 siblings around Kepler-184

Kepler-184 c 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-184 b Sub-Neptune 2.36 6.17 10.688 780 2014
Kepler-184 c this Super-Earth 1.97 8.80 20.303 630 2014
Kepler-184 d Sub-Neptune 2.49 6.76 29.022 559 2014

Kepler-184 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.97 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.176 R♃
Mass
8.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
6.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.448
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

#38of 1176

top 3.1%

This planet

1.97R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-184 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0029.880.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63119782

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2125831210335846016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2125831210335846016

System

Kepler-184

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.970 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1176
Mass 8.800 M⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 20.30 d · percentile 85 / cohort 1164
Distance 610.33 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.448 · percentile 67 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.303 days
Semi-major axis
0.1410 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.30 Earth days (5.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1410 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.053 %

Duration

4.348 h

Impact parameter b

0.040

Rp / R★

0.021708

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,009.8017

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 533 ppm lasting ≈ 4.35 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.021708

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.040

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,009.8017

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.23100

Eq. Temperature

630K

(357 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

29.88

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.448

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-184

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,788 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.95 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.873 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.872 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

1.590 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
610.33 parsec
Light-years 1,990.61 ly
V-band magnitude
14.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,104,491 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.115.215.17B14.42V14.31Gaia14.34Kepler13.82TESS14.83Sloan g14.28Sloan r14.13Sloan i14.01Sloan z13.10J12.75H12.69K12.66W112.69W212.68W39.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.610 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.875 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.93 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.273 · y = -0.678 · z = 0.683

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.95188° · Dec 43.07462°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.411° · 12.045°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.962° · 63.649°

HTM-20 index

-731533176

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