Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-225 c

A super-earth orbiting the m-type red dwarf Kepler-225, located approximately 1,830.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 18.794 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1110 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 412 K (139 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,830.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.654
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,273,187 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-225

Kepler-225 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-225 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.20 1.87 6.739 579 2014
Kepler-225 c this Super-Earth 1.84 4.04 18.794 412 2014

Kepler-225 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.164 R♃
Mass
4.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.654
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

#201of 1176

top 17.0%

This planet

1.84R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-225 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.009.900.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63203294

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128469007448159232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128469007448159232

System

Kepler-225

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.840 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.040 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 18.79 d · percentile 83 / cohort 1164
Distance 561.10 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.654 · percentile 83 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.794 days
Semi-major axis
0.1110 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.52 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.79 Earth days (5.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1110 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.153 %

Duration

3.279 h

Impact parameter b

0.320

Rp / R★

0.037576

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,010.7935

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,529 ppm lasting ≈ 3.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.037576

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

45.470

Impact parameter (b)

0.320

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,010.7935

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19800

Eq. Temperature

412K

(139 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

9.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.654

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-225

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,682 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.480 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.593 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.783 dex

Stellar density

2.721 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
561.10 parsec
Light-years 1,830.06 ly
V-band magnitude
16.29 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,273,187 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.418.018.03B16.29V15.95Gaia15.96Kepler15.15TESS17.15Sloan g15.93Sloan r15.45Sloan i15.17Sloan z14.03J13.34H13.25K13.14W113.17W212.43W39.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.754 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.124 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.90 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.255 · y = -0.626 · z = 0.737

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.19398° · Dec 47.45708°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.540° · 13.789°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.233° · 67.669°

HTM-20 index

-109993995

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