Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-197 e

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-197, located approximately 1,078.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.91 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.69 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.84 g
  • An orbital period of 25.210 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1640 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 691 K (418 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,078.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.463
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,013,883 years

3 siblings around Kepler-197

Kepler-197 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-197 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.02 1.04 5.599 1,142 2014
Kepler-197 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.23 5.30 10.350 930 2014
Kepler-197 d Rocky Terrestrial 1.22 1.98 15.678 810 2014
Kepler-197 e this Rocky Terrestrial 0.91 0.69 25.210 691 2014

Kepler-197 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.91 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.081 R♃
Mass
0.69 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
5.05 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.84 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.463
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

#406of 570

top 71.1%

This planet

0.91R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-197 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.69317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.051.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.842.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0057.940.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27397848

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2135179533070399232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2135179533070399232

System

Kepler-197

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.910 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 570
Mass 0.693 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 570
Orbital period 25.21 d · percentile 95 / cohort 567
Distance 330.58 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 566
ESI 0.463 · percentile 67 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.210 days
Semi-major axis
0.1640 AU
Eccentricity
0.380
Inclination
87.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.21 Earth days (6.9% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1640 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.006 %

Duration

6.298 h

Impact parameter b

0.140

Rp / R★

0.008740

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,987.4134

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 62 ppm lasting ≈ 6.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008740

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.070

Impact parameter (b)

0.140

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,987.4134

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.49600

Eq. Temperature

691K

(418 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

57.94

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.463

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-197

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,004 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.37 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.120 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.857 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.44

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.304 dex

Stellar density

0.550 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

1.23 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
330.58 parsec
Light-years 1,078.19 ly
V-band magnitude
11.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,013,883 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.812.412.42B11.78V11.78Gaia11.81Kepler11.40TESS12.10Sloan g11.78Sloan r11.69Sloan i11.68Sloan z10.81J10.58H10.54K10.33W110.35W210.39W38.78W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.996 mas

Total Proper Motion

53.803 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.44 mas/yr

PM Declination

53.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.271 · y = -0.575 · z = 0.772

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.22647° · Dec 50.55923°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.304° · 13.359°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.891° · 69.579°

HTM-20 index

-336933782

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