Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-24 d

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-24, located approximately 3,773.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.67 Earth radii
  • A mass of 293.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 105.40 g
  • An orbital period of 4.244 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0510 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,305 K (1032 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,773.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.081
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 66,536,943 years

3 siblings around Kepler-24

Kepler-24 d 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-24 d this Super-Earth 1.67 293.96 4.244 1,305 2014
Kepler-24 b Sub-Neptune 2.35 11.14 8.140 1,050 2011
Kepler-24 c Sub-Neptune 2.51 9.99 12.330 915 2011
Kepler-24 e Sub-Neptune 2.78 26.21 18.998 792 2014

Kepler-24 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.67 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.149 R♃
Mass
293.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.925 M♃
Density
152.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
105.40 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.081
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

#452of 1176

top 38.4%

This planet

1.67R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-24 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00293.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.51152.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.00105.402.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00601.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 293.959 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122376177

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052823535171095296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052823535171095296

System

Kepler-24

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.670 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1176
Mass 293.959 M⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.24 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,156.81 pc · percentile 88 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.081 · percentile 0 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.244 days
Semi-major axis
0.0510 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
75.07 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.24 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0510 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.020 %

Duration

2.945 h

Impact parameter b

0.290

Rp / R★

0.012319

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.0641

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 202 ppm lasting ≈ 2.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012319

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.897

Impact parameter (b)

0.290

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.0641

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04410

Eq. Temperature

1,305K

(1032 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

601.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.081

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-24

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,897 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.289 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.046 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

0.011 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,156.81 parsec
Light-years 3,773.01 ly
V-band magnitude
15.04 mag
Voyager-speed travel 66,536,943 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.716.216.16B15.04V14.92Gaia14.93Kepler14.43TESS15.43Sloan g14.89Sloan r14.71Sloan i14.62Sloan z13.76J13.45H13.37K13.25W113.26W212.40W38.70W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.836 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.879 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.274 · y = -0.735 · z = 0.620

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.41326° · Dec 38.34373°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.550° · 11.018°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.604° · 59.493°

HTM-20 index

1799876032

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