Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-274 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-274, located approximately 4,349.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 33.198 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2040 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 678 K (405 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,349.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.417
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 76,706,632 years

1 sibling around Kepler-274

Kepler-274 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-274 b Super-Earth 1.54 2.99 11.635 961 2014
Kepler-274 c this Super-Earth 1.84 4.04 33.198 678 2014

Kepler-274 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.164 R♃
Mass
4.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.417
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

#201of 1176

top 17.0%

This planet

1.84R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-274 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0036.520.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137892978

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052307864222921088

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052307864222921088

System

Kepler-274

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.840 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.040 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 33.20 d · percentile 93 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,333.62 pc · percentile 92 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.417 · percentile 63 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
33.198 days
Semi-major axis
0.2040 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.53 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 33.20 Earth days (9.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2040 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.034 %

Duration

4.544 h

Impact parameter b

0.140

Rp / R★

0.017728

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,975.1004

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 337 ppm lasting ≈ 4.54 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017728

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

57.140

Impact parameter (b)

0.140

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,975.1004

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15300

Eq. Temperature

678K

(405 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

36.52

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.417

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-274

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,023 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.88 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.007 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.883 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.440 dex

Stellar density

0.500 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,333.62 parsec
Light-years 4,349.68 ly
V-band magnitude
15.24 mag
Voyager-speed travel 76,706,632 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.615.56B15.24V15.03Gaia15.04Kepler14.53TESS15.53Sloan g14.98Sloan r14.82Sloan i14.70Sloan z13.77J13.46H13.46K13.37W113.45W213.03W39.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.722 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.078 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.305 · y = -0.721 · z = 0.622

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.92279° · Dec 38.47722°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.568° · 9.321°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.366° · 59.056°

HTM-20 index

1315527845

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