Artist impression of Kepler-283 c exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014 Habitable Zone

Kepler-283 c

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

Image: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · Martin Vargic / Halcyon Maps

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.97 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 92.744 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3410 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 240 K (-33 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,526.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.755
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,923,647 years

Context from the literature

Kepler-283 c is an exoplanet orbiting the K-type star Kepler-283, discovered by the Kepler space telescope in 2014. The star is of spectral type K7V, located about 1,596 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus.

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1 sibling around Kepler-283

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

Kepler-283 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.162 R♃
Mass
3.97 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.755
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#235of 1176

top 19.9%

This planet

1.82R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-283 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.97317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.950.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270695184

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128811951996688768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128811951996688768

System

Kepler-283

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.820 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.970 M⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 92.74 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1164
Distance 468.09 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.755 · percentile 87 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
92.744 days
Semi-major axis
0.3410 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 92.74 Earth days (25.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3410 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.111 %

Duration

6.279 h

Impact parameter b

0.440

Rp / R★

0.029388

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,006.3115

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,105 ppm lasting ≈ 6.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029388

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

132.450

Impact parameter (b)

0.440

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,006.3115

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.72800

Eq. Temperature

240K

(-33 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.95

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.755

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — surface water would be frozen.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

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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