Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-273 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-273, located approximately 2,328.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 2.937 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0370 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,209 K (936 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,328.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.242
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 41,065,501 years

1 sibling around Kepler-273

Kepler-273 b 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-273 b this Super-Earth 1.50 2.86 2.937 1,209 2014
Kepler-273 c Super-Earth 1.98 4.58 8.015 865 2014

Kepler-273 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.134 R♃
Mass
2.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.242
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

#748of 1176

top 63.5%

This planet

1.50R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-273 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00285.640.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159726559

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129193070214982016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129193070214982016

System

Kepler-273

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.500 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.860 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.94 d · percentile 21 / cohort 1164
Distance 713.96 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.242 · percentile 21 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.937 days
Semi-major axis
0.0370 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.29 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.94 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0370 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.035 %

Duration

1.704 h

Impact parameter b

0.040

Rp / R★

0.017383

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.7148

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 352 ppm lasting ≈ 1.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017383

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.820

Impact parameter (b)

0.040

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.7148

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05180

Eq. Temperature

1,209K

(936 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

285.64

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.242

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-273

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,626 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.47 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.815 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.756 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.514 dex

Stellar density

1.670 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
713.96 parsec
Light-years 2,328.64 ly
V-band magnitude
15.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 41,065,501 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.915.90B15.10V14.97Gaia14.97Kepler14.45TESS15.51Sloan g14.92Sloan r14.74Sloan i14.61Sloan z13.68J13.35H13.22K13.23W113.29W213.06W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.372 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.216 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

-24.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.245 · y = -0.627 · z = 0.740

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.30215° · Dec 47.69766°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.503° · 14.436°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.012° · 68.126°

HTM-20 index

-244216985

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