Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-280 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-280, located approximately 2,545.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.45 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 2.140 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0320 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,425 K (1152 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,545.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.203
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 44,884,498 years

1 sibling around Kepler-280

Kepler-280 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-280 b this Super-Earth 1.45 2.70 2.140 1,425 2014
Kepler-280 c Sub-Neptune 2.01 4.70 4.807 1,088 2014

Kepler-280 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.45 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.129 R♃
Mass
2.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
4.87 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.203
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

#837of 1176

top 71.1%

This planet

1.45R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-280 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.871.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00821.890.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159716174

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101761079737564672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101761079737564672

System

Kepler-280

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.450 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.700 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.14 d · percentile 13 / cohort 1164
Distance 780.36 pc · percentile 66 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.203 · percentile 13 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.140 days
Semi-major axis
0.0320 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.19 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.14 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0320 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.027 %

Duration

2.020 h

Impact parameter b

0.330

Rp / R★

0.015141

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.6526

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 266 ppm lasting ≈ 2.02 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015141

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.089

Impact parameter (b)

0.330

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.6526

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04100

Eq. Temperature

1,425K

(1152 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

821.89

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.203

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-280

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,744 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.62 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.886 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.962 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.537 dex

Stellar density

1.080 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
780.36 parsec
Light-years 2,545.19 ly
V-band magnitude
14.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 44,884,498 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.315.30B14.35V14.46Gaia14.47Kepler13.96TESS14.99Sloan g14.42Sloan r14.24Sloan i14.17Sloan z13.29J12.91H12.84K12.84W112.89W213.06W39.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.253 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.745 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.270 · y = -0.690 · z = 0.671

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.39053° · Dec 42.18047°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.404° · 12.025°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.443° · 62.939°

HTM-20 index

-369621197

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