Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-286 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-286, located approximately 4,001.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.07 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.35 g
  • An orbital period of 1.796 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0270 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,367 K (1094 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,001.44 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.218
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 70,565,477 years

3 siblings around Kepler-286

Kepler-286 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-286 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.24 2.07 1.796 1,367 2014
Kepler-286 c Super-Earth 1.37 2.45 3.468 1,098 2014
Kepler-286 d Super-Earth 1.33 2.33 5.914 919 2014
Kepler-286 e Super-Earth 1.77 3.78 29.221 539 2014

Kepler-286 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.111 R♃
Mass
2.07 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.35 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.218
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

#4of 570

top 0.5%

This planet

1.24R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-286 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.07317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.352.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00850.100.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 290035455

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129503716608032256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129503716608032256

System

Kepler-286

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.240 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 570
Mass 2.070 M⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.80 d · percentile 20 / cohort 567
Distance 1,226.85 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 566
ESI 0.218 · percentile 17 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.796 days
Semi-major axis
0.0270 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.88 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.80 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0270 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

1.974 h

Impact parameter b

0.060

Rp / R★

0.013229

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.3306

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 211 ppm lasting ≈ 1.97 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013229

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.288

Impact parameter (b)

0.060

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.3306

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02200

Eq. Temperature

1,367K

(1094 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

850.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.218

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-286

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,580 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.75 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.863 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.495 dex

Stellar density

1.450 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,226.85 parsec
Light-years 4,001.44 ly
V-band magnitude
15.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 70,565,477 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.516.616.64B15.86V15.54Gaia15.59Kepler15.06TESS16.08Sloan g15.53Sloan r15.37Sloan i15.27Sloan z14.39J14.06H14.12K13.93W113.95W212.64W39.47W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.789 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.268 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.235 · y = -0.622 · z = 0.747

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.67619° · Dec 48.29424°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.886° · 15.064°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.591° · 68.838°

HTM-20 index

-343373937

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