Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-271 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-271, located approximately 1,319.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.90 g
  • An orbital period of 7.411 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0699 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 850 K (577 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,319.44 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.379
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,268,288 years

2 siblings around Kepler-271

Kepler-271 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-271 d Rocky Terrestrial 0.66 0.22 5.250 954 2016
Kepler-271 c this Rocky Terrestrial 0.95 0.81 7.411 850 2014
Kepler-271 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.23 2.04 10.435 759 2014

Kepler-271 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.085 R♃
Mass
0.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.90 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.379
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

#376of 570

top 65.8%

This planet

0.95R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-271 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.902.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00119.630.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164414655

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105343799713595904

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105343799713595904

System

Kepler-271

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.950 R⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 570
Mass 0.809 M⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 570
Orbital period 7.41 d · percentile 69 / cohort 567
Distance 404.54 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 566
ESI 0.379 · percentile 55 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.411 days
Semi-major axis
0.0699 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.41 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0699 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.012 %

Duration

3.277 h

Impact parameter b

0.064

Rp / R★

0.010479

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.7527

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 124 ppm lasting ≈ 3.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010479

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.064

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.7527

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17300

Eq. Temperature

850K

(577 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

119.63

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.379

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-271

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,555 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.520 dex

Stellar density

1.360 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
404.54 parsec
Light-years 1,319.44 ly
V-band magnitude
13.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,268,288 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.514.414.37B13.58V13.43Gaia13.40Kepler12.94TESS13.88Sloan g13.37Sloan r13.20Sloan i13.11Sloan z12.20J11.82H11.75K11.71W111.72W211.69W39.55W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.443 mas

Total Proper Motion

27.419 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-25.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.161 · y = -0.698 · z = 0.698

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.00293° · Dec 44.28411°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.928° · 18.468°

Ecliptic λ, β

293.969° · 66.645°

HTM-20 index

335653924

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