Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-204 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-204, located approximately 2,239.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 25.661 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1730 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 683 K (410 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,239.79 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.418
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,498,664 years

1 sibling around Kepler-204

Kepler-204 c 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-204 b Sub-Neptune 2.53 6.94 14.401 828 2014
Kepler-204 c this Super-Earth 1.79 3.86 25.661 683 2014

Kepler-204 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.160 R♃
Mass
3.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.418
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

#271of 1176

top 23.0%

This planet

1.79R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-204 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0036.890.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120495446

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2104071978297949056

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2104071978297949056

System

Kepler-204

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.790 R⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.860 M⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 25.66 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1164
Distance 686.72 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.418 · percentile 63 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.661 days
Semi-major axis
0.1730 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.88 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.66 Earth days (7.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1730 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

4.383 h

Impact parameter b

0.620

Rp / R★

0.012017

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,988.1517

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 169 ppm lasting ≈ 4.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012017

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.620

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,988.1517

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.25200

Eq. Temperature

683K

(410 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

36.89

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.418

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-204

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,812 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.238 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.038 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.269 dex

Stellar density

1.110 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
686.72 parsec
Light-years 2,239.79 ly
V-band magnitude
13.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,498,664 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.415.39B13.98V13.87Gaia13.91Kepler13.43TESS14.32Sloan g13.85Sloan r13.73Sloan i13.65Sloan z12.85J12.49H12.48K12.38W112.45W212.69W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.427 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.732 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.37 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.197 · y = -0.719 · z = 0.666

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.34716° · Dec 41.76185°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.120° · 15.955°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.550° · 63.793°

HTM-20 index

2138070122

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