Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-269 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-269, located approximately 7,362.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • An orbital period of 8.128 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0810 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 875 K (602 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 7,362.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.331
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 129,835,646 years

1 sibling around Kepler-269

Kepler-269 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-269 b Sub-Neptune 2.47 6.66 5.327 1,007 2014
Kepler-269 c this Super-Earth 1.69 3.50 8.128 875 2014

Kepler-269 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.151 R♃
Mass
3.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.331
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

#415of 1176

top 35.2%

This planet

1.69R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-269 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00342.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122297877

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101854881822529024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101854881822529024

System

Kepler-269

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.690 R⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.500 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 8.13 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1164
Distance 2,257.32 pc · percentile 99 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.331 · percentile 45 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.128 days
Semi-major axis
0.0810 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.71 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.13 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0810 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.022 %

Duration

3.899 h

Impact parameter b

0.610

Rp / R★

0.013795

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,191.6881

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 224 ppm lasting ≈ 3.90 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013795

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.120

Impact parameter (b)

0.610

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,191.6881

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03590

Eq. Temperature

875K

(602 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

342.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.331

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-269

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,847 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.46 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.959 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.920 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.40

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

0.320 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,257.32 parsec
Light-years 7,362.38 ly
V-band magnitude
15.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 129,835,646 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.416.37B15.65V15.74Gaia15.81Kepler15.21TESS16.32Sloan g15.71Sloan r15.59Sloan i15.48Sloan z14.44J14.14H13.96K14.14W114.23W212.98W39.16W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.413 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.366 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.258 · y = -0.700 · z = 0.666

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.21515° · Dec 41.77598°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.645° · 12.639°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.346° · 62.825°

HTM-20 index

502754729

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