Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-220 e

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-220, located approximately 558.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.33 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.33 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 45.903 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2260 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 341 K (68 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 558.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.842
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,841,780 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around Kepler-220

Kepler-220 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-220 b Rocky Terrestrial 0.81 0.46 4.160 759 2014
Kepler-220 c Super-Earth 1.57 3.09 9.034 586 2014
Kepler-220 d Rocky Terrestrial 0.98 0.90 28.122 401 2014
Kepler-220 e this Super-Earth 1.33 2.33 45.903 341 2014

Kepler-220 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.33 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.119 R♃
Mass
2.33 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.842
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

#1022of 1176

top 86.8%

This planet

1.33R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-220 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.33317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.270.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159759306

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129084935820532608

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129084935820532608

System

Kepler-220

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.330 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.330 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 45.90 d · percentile 95 / cohort 1164
Distance 171.11 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.842 · percentile 92 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
45.903 days
Semi-major axis
0.2260 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.74 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 45.90 Earth days (12.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2260 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.040 %

Duration

5.088 h

Impact parameter b

0.530

Rp / R★

0.016968

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,999.5625

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 403 ppm lasting ≈ 5.09 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016968

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

69.576

Impact parameter (b)

0.530

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,999.5625

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.32000

Eq. Temperature

341K

(68 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.27

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.842

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-220

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,632 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.666 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.729 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.652 dex

Stellar density

2.220 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

15.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
171.11 parsec
Light-years 558.08 ly
V-band magnitude
13.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,841,780 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.514.314.32B13.05V12.86Gaia13.18Kepler12.18TESS13.82Sloan g13.13Sloan r12.90Sloan i11.21J10.67H10.55K10.50W110.57W210.45W39.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.815 mas

Total Proper Motion

42.594 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-25.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

-33.96 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.251 · y = -0.636 · z = 0.730

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.50604° · Dec 46.89563°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.812° · 13.974°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.538° · 67.332°

HTM-20 index

-169065112

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