Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-286 c

A super-earth 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 1.37 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.31 g
  • An orbital period of 3.468 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0420 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,098 K (825 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,001.44 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.277
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 70,565,477 years

3 siblings around Kepler-286

Kepler-286 c 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 Rocky Terrestrial 1.24 2.07 1.796 1,367 2014
Kepler-286 c this 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 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.37 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.122 R♃
Mass
2.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
5.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.277
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

#966of 1176

top 82.1%

This planet

1.37R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-286 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00353.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 290035455

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129503716608032256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129503716608032256

System

Kepler-286

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.370 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.450 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.47 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,226.85 pc · percentile 90 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.277 · percentile 31 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.468 days
Semi-major axis
0.0420 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.47 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0420 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.024 %

Duration

2.305 h

Impact parameter b

0.200

Rp / R★

0.014856

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.0032

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 244 ppm lasting ≈ 2.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014856

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.290

Impact parameter (b)

0.200

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.0032

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03420

Eq. Temperature

1,098K

(825 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

353.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.277

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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