Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-265 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-265, located approximately 4,175.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 6.846 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0690 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,022 K (749 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,175.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.272
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 73,636,917 years

3 siblings around Kepler-265

Kepler-265 b 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-265 b this Super-Earth 1.86 4.12 6.846 1,022 2014
Kepler-265 c Sub-Neptune 2.63 7.41 17.029 755 2014
Kepler-265 d Sub-Neptune 2.49 6.76 43.131 554 2014
Kepler-265 e Sub-Neptune 2.59 7.22 67.831 476 2014

Kepler-265 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.166 R♃
Mass
4.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.52 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.272
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

#177of 1176

top 15.0%

This planet

1.86R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-265 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.521.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00220.330.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122445076

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101776885215761152

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101776885215761152

System

Kepler-265

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.860 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.120 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 6.85 d · percentile 51 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,280.25 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.272 · percentile 30 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.846 days
Semi-major axis
0.0690 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.71 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.85 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0690 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.025 %

Duration

3.590 h

Impact parameter b

0.640

Rp / R★

0.015422

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.1704

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 247 ppm lasting ≈ 3.59 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015422

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.640

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.1704

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05390

Eq. Temperature

1,022K

(749 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

220.33

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.272

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-265

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,835 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.28 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.103 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.326 dex

Stellar density

1.160 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,280.25 parsec
Light-years 4,175.61 ly
V-band magnitude
15.47 mag
Voyager-speed travel 73,636,917 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.816.116.13B15.47V15.35Gaia15.38Kepler14.91TESS15.80Sloan g15.35Sloan r15.20Sloan i15.15Sloan z14.25J13.94H13.90K13.93W113.93W212.16W38.79W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.753 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.530 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.263 · y = -0.704 · z = 0.659

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.51048° · Dec 41.24474°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.250° · 12.212°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.457° · 62.252°

HTM-20 index

324541364

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