Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-200 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-200, located approximately 2,171.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 8.595 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0800 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 854 K (581 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,171.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.314
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 38,301,665 years

1 sibling around Kepler-200

Kepler-200 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-200 b this Sub-Neptune 2.13 5.18 8.595 854 2014
Kepler-200 c Super-Earth 1.59 3.15 10.222 806 2014

Kepler-200 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.190 R♃
Mass
5.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.95 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.314
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

#1765of 1978

top 89.2%

This planet

2.13R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-200 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.951.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00159.070.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120252452

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2103671481186902912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2103671481186902912

System

Kepler-200

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.130 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.180 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.59 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1946
Distance 665.91 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.314 · percentile 31 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.595 days
Semi-major axis
0.0800 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.59 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0800 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.034 %

Duration

3.534 h

Impact parameter b

0.930

Rp / R★

0.018200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,004.6300

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 337 ppm lasting ≈ 3.53 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.990

Impact parameter (b)

0.930

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,004.6300

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12000

Eq. Temperature

854K

(581 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

159.07

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.314

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-200

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,678 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.944 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.972 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.454 dex

Stellar density

1.080 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
665.91 parsec
Light-years 2,171.91 ly
V-band magnitude
13.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 38,301,665 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.114.814.83B13.93V13.95Gaia13.98Kepler13.50TESS14.44Sloan g13.94Sloan r13.79Sloan i13.75Sloan z12.87J12.58H12.46K12.45W112.50W212.31W39.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.473 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.498 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.73 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.187 · y = -0.728 · z = 0.659

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.40995° · Dec 41.23749°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.339° · 16.408°

Ecliptic λ, β

294.741° · 63.444°

HTM-20 index

1887743735

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