Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-232 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-232, located approximately 4,400.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.83 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 11.379 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1010 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 806 K (533 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,400.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.264
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 77,598,730 years

1 sibling around Kepler-232

Kepler-232 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-232 b Sub-Neptune 3.08 9.69 4.431 1,104 2014
Kepler-232 c this Sub-Neptune 3.83 14.00 11.379 806 2014

Kepler-232 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.83 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.342 R♃
Mass
14.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.044 M♃
Density
1.37 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.264
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

#49of 1978

top 2.4%

This planet

3.83R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-232 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.8311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.371.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00116.520.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27686898

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2135595045386787200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2135595045386787200

System

Kepler-232

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.830 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.000 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.38 d · percentile 39 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,349.13 pc · percentile 90 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.264 · percentile 20 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.379 days
Semi-major axis
0.1010 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.38 Earth days (3.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1010 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.102 %

Duration

2.612 h

Impact parameter b

0.920

Rp / R★

0.035200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.8502

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,024 ppm lasting ≈ 2.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.035200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.310

Impact parameter (b)

0.920

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.8502

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07490

Eq. Temperature

806K

(533 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

116.52

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.264

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-232

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,847 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.968 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.495 dex

Stellar density

1.333 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,349.13 parsec
Light-years 4,400.27 ly
V-band magnitude
15.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 77,598,730 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.216.17B15.57V15.32Gaia15.37Kepler14.83TESS15.91Sloan g15.31Sloan r15.13Sloan i15.08Sloan z14.18J13.80H13.77K13.78W113.92W213.09W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.713 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.283 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.273 · y = -0.565 · z = 0.778

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.81617° · Dec 51.12172°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.993° · 13.281°

Ecliptic λ, β

322.629° · 69.884°

HTM-20 index

-211065649

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