Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-25 d

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-25, located approximately 793.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 71.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.72 g
  • An orbital period of 122.400 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4164 AU
  • Distance from Earth 793.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.306
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,991,100 years

2 siblings around Kepler-25

Kepler-25 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-25 b Sub-Neptune 2.75 8.70 6.238 1,185 2011
Kepler-25 c Neptune-like 5.22 15.20 12.721 934 2011
Kepler-25 d this Gas Giant 10.00 71.90 122.400 2014

Kepler-25 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.894 R♃
Mass
71.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.226 M♃
Density
0.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.306
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1770of 1771

top 99.9%

This planet

10.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-25 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0071.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 71.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 71.830 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120960812

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100451630105041152

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100451630105041152

System

Kepler-25

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.000 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1771
Mass 71.900 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 122.40 d · percentile 54 / cohort 1533
Distance 243.25 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.306 · percentile 60 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
122.400 days
Semi-major axis
0.4164 AU
Eccentricity
0.130
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 122.40 Earth days (33.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.4164 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.306

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Marcy et al. 2014

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2014-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: Kepler-25

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,354 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.75 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.316 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.165 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.285 dex

Stellar density

0.750 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-7.59 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

9.34 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
243.25 parsec
Light-years 793.37 ly
V-band magnitude
10.77 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,991,100 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.411.311.32B10.77V10.63Gaia10.73Kepler10.28TESS11.29Sloan g10.78Sloan r9.76J9.53H9.49K9.47W19.50W29.46W38.45W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.082 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.186 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.17 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.221 · y = -0.739 · z = 0.636

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.63839° · Dec 39.48790°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.350° · 14.164°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.442° · 61.351°

HTM-20 index

-747501211

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