Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-285 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-285, located approximately 2,688.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.34 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.36 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.31 g
  • An orbital period of 2.634 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0360 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,131 K (858 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,688.54 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.270
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 47,412,339 years

1 sibling around Kepler-285

Kepler-285 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-285 b this Super-Earth 1.34 2.36 2.634 1,131 2014
Kepler-285 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.12 1.46 6.187 851 2014

Kepler-285 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.34 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.120 R♃
Mass
2.36 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.39 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.270
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

#1010of 1176

top 85.8%

This planet

1.34R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-285 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.36317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.391.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00428.410.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26416742

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129295427874937856

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129295427874937856

System

Kepler-285

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.340 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.360 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.63 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1164
Distance 824.31 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.270 · percentile 29 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.634 days
Semi-major axis
0.0360 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.63 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0360 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

2.061 h

Impact parameter b

0.090

Rp / R★

0.015996

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.5628

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 260 ppm lasting ≈ 2.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015996

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.910

Impact parameter (b)

0.090

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.5628

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04370

Eq. Temperature

1,131K

(858 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

428.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.270

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-285

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,411 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.808 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.915 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.584 dex

Stellar density

1.500 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
824.31 parsec
Light-years 2,688.54 ly
V-band magnitude
15.20 mag
Voyager-speed travel 47,412,339 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.616.416.36B15.20V15.15Gaia15.17Kepler14.60TESS15.78Sloan g15.10Sloan r14.91Sloan i14.76Sloan z13.89J13.44H13.32K13.34W113.44W212.56W39.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.185 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.951 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.69 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.244 · y = -0.622 · z = 0.744

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.39085° · Dec 48.06554°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.874° · 14.535°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.549° · 68.441°

HTM-20 index

-207424423

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