Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-283 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-283, located approximately 1,526.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 11.008 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0820 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 488 K (215 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,526.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.538
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,923,647 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-283

Kepler-283 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-283 b this Sub-Neptune 2.13 5.18 11.008 488 2014
Kepler-283 c Super-Earth 1.82 3.97 92.744 240 2014

Kepler-283 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.190 R♃
Mass
5.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.95 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.538
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

#1765of 1978

top 89.2%

This planet

2.13R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-283 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.951.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0016.260.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270695184

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128811951996688768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128811951996688768

System

Kepler-283

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.130 R⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.180 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.01 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1946
Distance 468.09 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.538 · percentile 75 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.008 days
Semi-major axis
0.0820 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.01 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0820 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.146 %

Duration

2.087 h

Impact parameter b

0.510

Rp / R★

0.033903

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,976.2263

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,463 ppm lasting ≈ 2.09 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033903

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

43.185

Impact parameter (b)

0.510

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,976.2263

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17500

Eq. Temperature

488K

(215 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

16.26

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.538

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-283

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,351 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.09 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.566 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.596 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.721 dex

Stellar density

0.064 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
468.09 parsec
Light-years 1,526.72 ly
V-band magnitude
16.22 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,923,647 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.317.217.21B16.22V15.88Gaia15.85Kepler15.09TESS17.02Sloan g15.82Sloan r15.34Sloan i15.05Sloan z13.93J13.26H13.14K13.09W113.14W212.82W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.108 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.736 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.19 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.269 · y = -0.615 · z = 0.741

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.61374° · Dec 47.83894°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.320° · 13.093°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.939° · 67.628°

HTM-20 index

-1762659103

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