Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-284 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-284, located approximately 3,365.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.65 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 12.699 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1040 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 686 K (413 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,365.77 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.385
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 59,355,295 years

1 sibling around Kepler-284

Kepler-284 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-284 b this Sub-Neptune 2.24 5.65 12.699 686 2014
Kepler-284 c Sub-Neptune 2.61 7.32 37.514 478 2014

Kepler-284 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.200 R♃
Mass
5.65 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.385
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

#1607of 1978

top 81.2%

This planet

2.24R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-284 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.65317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0038.370.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275486985

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128818411627270528

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128818411627270528

System

Kepler-284

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.240 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.650 M⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 12.70 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,031.95 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.385 · percentile 49 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.699 days
Semi-major axis
0.1040 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.51 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.70 Earth days (3.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1040 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.080 %

Duration

2.819 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Rp / R★

0.027024

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,017.9852

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 797 ppm lasting ≈ 2.82 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027024

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

26.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,017.9852

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10100

Eq. Temperature

686K

(413 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

38.37

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.385

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-284

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,615 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.814 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.766 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

1.840 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,031.95 parsec
Light-years 3,365.77 ly
V-band magnitude
15.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 59,355,295 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.616.60B15.94V15.81Gaia15.82Kepler15.27TESS16.39Sloan g15.76Sloan r15.58Sloan i15.46Sloan z14.56J14.16H14.08K13.99W113.99W212.58W39.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.941 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.430 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

12.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.264 · y = -0.618 · z = 0.740

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.14657° · Dec 47.72971°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.078° · 13.327°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.069° · 67.659°

HTM-20 index

-611251484

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