Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-210 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf Kepler-210, located approximately 759.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.98 g
  • An orbital period of 7.973 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0700 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 497 K (224 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 759.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.430
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,387,223 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-210

Kepler-210 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-210 b Sub-Neptune 2.94 8.96 2.453 737 2014
Kepler-210 c this Sub-Neptune 3.62 12.80 7.973 497 2014

Kepler-210 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.323 R♃
Mass
12.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.040 M♃
Density
1.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.98 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.430
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

#128of 1978

top 6.4%

This planet

3.62R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-210 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.982.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0025.440.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63283780

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2125864573640675968

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2125864573640675968

System

Kepler-210

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.620 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1978
Mass 12.800 M⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.97 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1946
Distance 232.75 pc · percentile 31 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.430 · percentile 58 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.973 days
Semi-major axis
0.0700 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.97 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0700 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.325 %

Duration

2.902 h

Impact parameter b

0.400

Rp / R★

0.063500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,004.5844

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,245 ppm lasting ≈ 2.90 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.063500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.566

Impact parameter (b)

0.400

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,004.5844

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.30100

Eq. Temperature

497K

(224 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

25.44

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.430

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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-210

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,559 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.78 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.650 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.770 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.663 dex

Stellar density

1.194 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
232.75 parsec
Light-years 759.13 ly
V-band magnitude
14.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,387,223 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.415.37B14.13V13.80Gaia13.82Kepler13.07TESS14.87Sloan g13.76Sloan r13.37Sloan i13.14Sloan z11.99J11.45H11.31K11.25W111.33W211.28W39.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.268 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.316 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

14.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.280 · y = -0.675 · z = 0.683

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.50342° · Dec 43.08322°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.601° · 11.687°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.821° · 63.521°

HTM-20 index

-219182264

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