Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-270 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-270, located approximately 3,094.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.77 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.78 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 25.263 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1800 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 756 K (483 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,094.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.380
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 54,571,613 years

1 sibling around Kepler-270

Kepler-270 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-270 b Sub-Neptune 2.01 4.70 11.476 984 2014
Kepler-270 c this Super-Earth 1.77 3.78 25.263 756 2014

Kepler-270 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.77 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.158 R♃
Mass
3.78 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.380
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

#293of 1176

top 24.8%

This planet

1.77R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-270 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.78317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0062.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123417308

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105415306628609024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105415306628609024

System

Kepler-270

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.770 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.780 M⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 25.26 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1164
Distance 948.78 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.380 · percentile 57 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.263 days
Semi-major axis
0.1800 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.26 Earth days (6.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1800 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

3.698 h

Impact parameter b

0.100

Rp / R★

0.010557

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.2118

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 126 ppm lasting ≈ 3.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010557

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.100

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.2118

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19000

Eq. Temperature

756K

(483 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

62.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.380

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-270

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,067 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.73 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.461 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.170 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.196 dex

Stellar density

0.630 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
948.78 parsec
Light-years 3,094.51 ly
V-band magnitude
13.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 54,571,613 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.014.714.65B13.90V13.86Gaia13.91Kepler13.46TESS14.23Sloan g13.84Sloan r13.77Sloan i13.66Sloan z12.94J12.61H12.63K12.55W112.59W212.49W38.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.025 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.799 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.151 · y = -0.698 · z = 0.700

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.20012° · Dec 44.42228°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.858° · 19.055°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.626° · 66.906°

HTM-20 index

-203506100

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