Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-208 e

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-208, located approximately 2,528.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 16.259 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1320 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 880 K (607 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,528.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.344
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 44,595,012 years

3 siblings around Kepler-208

Kepler-208 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-208 b Super-Earth 1.63 3.29 4.229 1,379 2014
Kepler-208 c Super-Earth 1.39 2.51 7.467 1,141 2014
Kepler-208 d Rocky Terrestrial 1.20 1.87 11.132 999 2014
Kepler-208 e this Super-Earth 1.48 2.79 16.259 880 2014

Kepler-208 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.132 R♃
Mass
2.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.344
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

#784of 1176

top 66.6%

This planet

1.48R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-208 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00106.350.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270781284

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077750803804146176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077750803804146176

System

Kepler-208

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.480 R⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.790 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 16.26 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1164
Distance 775.33 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.344 · percentile 49 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.259 days
Semi-major axis
0.1320 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.29 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.26 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1320 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

4.038 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.010516

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,945.0143

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 130 ppm lasting ≈ 4.04 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010516

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,945.0143

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17000

Eq. Temperature

880K

(607 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

106.35

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.344

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-208

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,092 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.314 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.082 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.265 dex

Stellar density

0.590 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
775.33 parsec
Light-years 2,528.78 ly
V-band magnitude
13.56 mag
Voyager-speed travel 44,595,012 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.414.314.11B13.56V13.54Gaia13.75Kepler13.13TESS14.30Sloan g13.70Sloan r13.51Sloan i12.55J12.31H12.21K12.19W112.23W212.03W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.261 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.794 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.298 · y = -0.674 · z = 0.676

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.89020° · Dec 42.52794°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.564° · 10.529°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.505° · 62.648°

HTM-20 index

-869338612

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