Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-233 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-233, located approximately 2,793.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.48 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 8.472 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0770 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 751 K (478 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,793.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.341
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,259,057 years

1 sibling around Kepler-233

Kepler-233 b 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-233 b this Sub-Neptune 2.43 6.48 8.472 751 2014
Kepler-233 c Sub-Neptune 2.71 7.80 60.419 390 2014

Kepler-233 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.217 R♃
Mass
6.48 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.341
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

#1281of 1978

top 64.7%

This planet

2.43R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-233 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.48317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0085.130.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27843776

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2135507084456876928

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2135507084456876928

System

Kepler-233

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.430 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.480 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.47 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1946
Distance 856.42 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.341 · percentile 38 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.472 days
Semi-major axis
0.0770 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.95 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.47 Earth days (2.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0770 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.112 %

Duration

2.697 h

Impact parameter b

0.080

Rp / R★

0.030119

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,007.1621

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,124 ppm lasting ≈ 2.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030119

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.420

Impact parameter (b)

0.080

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,007.1621

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08990

Eq. Temperature

751K

(478 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

85.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.341

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-233

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,360 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.758 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.855 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.614 dex

Stellar density

3.863 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
856.42 parsec
Light-years 2,793.26 ly
V-band magnitude
15.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 49,259,057 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.516.416.35B15.48V15.33Gaia15.34Kepler14.77TESS15.95Sloan g15.27Sloan r15.08Sloan i14.98Sloan z14.01J13.56H13.45K13.43W113.50W212.98W39.49W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.139 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.587 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.98 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.278 · y = -0.560 · z = 0.781

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.36651° · Dec 51.31945°

Galactic ℓ, b

84.335° · 13.064°

Ecliptic λ, β

323.784° · 69.879°

HTM-20 index

-231446373

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