Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-267 d

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 2.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.77 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 28.465 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1540 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 301 K (28 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 864.29 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.772
  • 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 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-267 b Super-Earth 1.98 37.90 3.354 615 2014
Kepler-267 c Sub-Neptune 2.13 5.18 6.877 484 2014
Kepler-267 d this Sub-Neptune 2.27 5.77 28.465 301 2014

Kepler-267 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.203 R♃
Mass
5.77 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.71 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.772
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

#1554of 1978

top 78.5%

This planet

2.27R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-267 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.77317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.711.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.650.037

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 2.270 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.770 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 28.46 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1946
Distance 264.99 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.772 · percentile 99 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
28.465 days
Semi-major axis
0.1540 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 28.46 Earth days (7.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1540 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.163 %

Duration

2.742 h

Impact parameter b

0.480

Rp / R★

0.037174

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,991.0404

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,630 ppm lasting ≈ 2.74 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.037174

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

84.560

Impact parameter (b)

0.480

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,991.0404

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.58100

Eq. Temperature

301K

(28 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.65

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.772

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

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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