Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-189 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-189, located approximately 1,929.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.92 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.31 g
  • An orbital period of 10.400 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0880 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 678 K (405 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,929.32 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.464
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,023,620 years

1 sibling around Kepler-189

Kepler-189 b 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-189 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.21 1.92 10.400 678 2014
Kepler-189 c Sub-Neptune 2.38 22.70 20.135 544 2014

Kepler-189 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.108 R♃
Mass
1.92 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.006 M♃
Density
5.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.464
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

#56of 570

top 9.6%

This planet

1.21R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-189 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.92317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0045.390.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158494327

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106137960646125312

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106137960646125312

System

Kepler-189

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.210 R⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 570
Mass 1.920 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 570
Orbital period 10.40 d · percentile 79 / cohort 567
Distance 591.53 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 566
ESI 0.464 · percentile 67 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.400 days
Semi-major axis
0.0880 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.40 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0880 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

3.417 h

Impact parameter b

0.230

Rp / R★

0.016163

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.5109

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 275 ppm lasting ≈ 3.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016163

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.650

Impact parameter (b)

0.230

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.5109

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14900

Eq. Temperature

678K

(405 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

45.39

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.464

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-189

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,235 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.750 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.803 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.619 dex

Stellar density

1.860 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
591.53 parsec
Light-years 1,929.32 ly
V-band magnitude
14.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,023,620 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.116.11B14.97V14.82Gaia14.86Kepler14.25TESS15.52Sloan g14.79Sloan r14.58Sloan i14.46Sloan z13.41J12.94H12.92K12.86W112.91W212.68W39.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.662 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.140 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.98 mas/yr

PM Declination

14.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.216 · y = -0.682 · z = 0.698

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.56463° · Dec 44.30507°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.207° · 15.441°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.810° · 65.816°

HTM-20 index

1113426526

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