Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-267 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf Kepler-267, located approximately 864.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 6.877 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0600 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 484 K (211 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 864.29 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.542
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,241,763 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-267

Kepler-267 c 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-267 b Super-Earth 1.98 37.90 3.354 615 2014
Kepler-267 c this Sub-Neptune 2.13 5.18 6.877 484 2014
Kepler-267 d Sub-Neptune 2.27 5.77 28.465 301 2014

Kepler-267 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.190 R♃
Mass
5.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.95 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.542
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

#1765of 1978

top 89.2%

This planet

2.13R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-267 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.951.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0017.580.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 269357457

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2085626983551485440

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2085626983551485440

System

Kepler-267

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.130 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.180 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.88 d · percentile 21 / cohort 1946
Distance 264.99 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.542 · percentile 76 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.877 days
Semi-major axis
0.0600 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.26 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.88 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0600 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.163 %

Duration

1.350 h

Impact parameter b

0.190

Rp / R★

0.039291

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.0830

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,632 ppm lasting ≈ 1.35 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039291

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.190

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.0830

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22600

Eq. Temperature

484K

(211 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

17.58

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.542

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-267

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,258 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.06 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.555 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.542 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.729 dex

Stellar density

4.693 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
264.99 parsec
Light-years 864.29 ly
V-band magnitude
16.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,241,763 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.417.617.56B16.69V15.47Gaia15.44Kepler14.51TESS16.82Sloan g15.49Sloan r14.85Sloan i14.49Sloan z13.33J12.68H12.49K12.35W112.37W212.09W39.38W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.745 mas

Total Proper Motion

37.232 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

28.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

23.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.338 · y = -0.590 · z = 0.733

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 299.83057° · Dec 47.15757°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.738° · 9.073°

Ecliptic λ, β

323.577° · 65.144°

HTM-20 index

988276124

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