Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-215 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-215, located approximately 1,585.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.77 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.78 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 14.667 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1130 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 675 K (402 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,585.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.425
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,953,385 years

3 siblings around Kepler-215

Kepler-215 c 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-215 b Super-Earth 1.62 3.26 9.361 784 2014
Kepler-215 c this Super-Earth 1.77 3.78 14.667 675 2014
Kepler-215 d Sub-Neptune 2.39 23.60 30.864 527 2014
Kepler-215 e Super-Earth 1.75 3.71 68.161 405 2014

Kepler-215 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.77 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.158 R♃
Mass
3.78 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.425
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

#293of 1176

top 24.8%

This planet

1.77R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-215 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.78317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0057.690.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271352188

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079885608708649344

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079885608708649344

System

Kepler-215

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.770 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.780 M⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 14.67 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1164
Distance 486.00 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.425 · percentile 64 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.667 days
Semi-major axis
0.1130 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.61 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.67 Earth days (4.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1130 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.020 %

Duration

3.855 h

Impact parameter b

0.850

Rp / R★

0.013500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,978.4238

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 198 ppm lasting ≈ 3.86 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.609

Impact parameter (b)

0.850

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,978.4238

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.23300

Eq. Temperature

675K

(402 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

57.69

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.425

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-215

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,739 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.62 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.027 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.788 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.44

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.364 dex

Stellar density

1.120 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
486.00 parsec
Light-years 1,585.11 ly
V-band magnitude
13.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 27,953,385 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.714.314.30B13.68V13.55Gaia13.58Kepler13.09TESS14.05Sloan g13.54Sloan r13.38Sloan i13.30Sloan z12.42J12.07H12.00K11.96W112.01W212.08W39.68W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.029 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.860 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.297 · y = -0.639 · z = 0.710

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.97353° · Dec 45.21369°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.357° · 11.073°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.409° · 64.849°

HTM-20 index

-1202227853

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