Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-282 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-282, located approximately 4,362.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.01 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 9.221 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0820 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 817 K (544 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,362.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.402
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 76,936,127 years

3 siblings around Kepler-282

Kepler-282 b shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-282 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.01 1.01 9.221 817 2014
Kepler-282 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.20 1.87 13.639 717 2014
Kepler-282 d Sub-Neptune 2.46 61.00 24.806 588 2013
Kepler-282 e Sub-Neptune 3.10 56.20 44.347 484 2013

Kepler-282 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.01 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.090 R♃
Mass
1.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.39 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.402
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

#326of 570

top 57.0%

This planet

1.01R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-282 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.391.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00195.940.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164779321

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106739943262307200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106739943262307200

System

Kepler-282

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.010 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 570
Mass 1.010 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 570
Orbital period 9.22 d · percentile 76 / cohort 567
Distance 1,337.61 pc · percentile 98 / cohort 566
ESI 0.402 · percentile 60 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.221 days
Semi-major axis
0.0820 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.22 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0820 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

4.847 h

Impact parameter b

0.020

Rp / R★

0.010738

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.0544

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 140 ppm lasting ≈ 4.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010738

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.511

Impact parameter (b)

0.020

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.0544

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06130

Eq. Temperature

817K

(544 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

195.94

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.402

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-282

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,602 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.88 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.904 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.459 dex

Stellar density

0.640 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,337.61 parsec
Light-years 4,362.70 ly
V-band magnitude
15.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 76,936,127 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.016.03B15.44V15.18Gaia15.20Kepler14.73TESS15.63Sloan g15.16Sloan r15.02Sloan i14.97Sloan z14.08J13.72H13.65K13.73W113.78W213.14W39.23W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.719 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.884 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.99 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.180 · y = -0.686 · z = 0.705

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.67724° · Dec 44.79764°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.876° · 17.533°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.217° · 66.855°

HTM-20 index

965524275

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