Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-190 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-190, located approximately 1,413.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.56 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.05 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 2.020 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0300 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,166 K (893 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,413.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.249
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,927,383 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-190

Kepler-190 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-190 b this Super-Earth 1.56 3.05 2.020 1,166 2014
Kepler-190 c Super-Earth 1.46 2.73 3.763 948 2014

Kepler-190 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.56 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.139 R♃
Mass
3.05 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.249
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

#636of 1176

top 54.0%

This planet

1.56R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-190 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.05317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00417.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158789380

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127179245948119424

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127179245948119424

System

Kepler-190

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.560 R⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.050 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.02 d · percentile 12 / cohort 1164
Distance 433.39 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.249 · percentile 23 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.020 days
Semi-major axis
0.0300 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.02 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0300 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.034 %

Duration

1.821 h

Impact parameter b

0.680

Rp / R★

0.016630

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,003.0695

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 342 ppm lasting ≈ 1.82 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016630

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.420

Impact parameter (b)

0.680

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,003.0695

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06920

Eq. Temperature

1,166K

(893 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

417.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.249

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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-190

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,106 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.48 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.795 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.834 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.561 dex

Stellar density

1.880 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
433.39 parsec
Light-years 1,413.52 ly
V-band magnitude
14.34 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,927,383 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.415.42B14.34V14.12Gaia14.14Kepler13.55TESS14.79Sloan g14.06Sloan r13.86Sloan i13.75Sloan z12.73J12.28H12.23K12.20W112.25W212.28W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.279 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.915 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.226 · y = -0.673 · z = 0.704

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.58398° · Dec 44.73377°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.913° · 14.943°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.825° · 66.004°

HTM-20 index

1287512436

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