Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-299 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-299, located approximately 3,431.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.32 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 2.927 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0400 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,258 K (985 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,431.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.241
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 60,522,327 years

3 siblings around Kepler-299

Kepler-299 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-299 b this Super-Earth 1.32 2.30 2.927 1,258 2014
Kepler-299 c Sub-Neptune 2.65 7.51 6.886 946 2014
Kepler-299 d Super-Earth 1.86 4.12 15.055 729 2014
Kepler-299 e Super-Earth 1.87 4.16 38.285 534 2014

Kepler-299 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.32 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.118 R♃
Mass
2.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.241
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

#1049of 1176

top 89.1%

This planet

1.32R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-299 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00622.070.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48304460

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131737340118958336

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131737340118958336

System

Kepler-299

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.320 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.300 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.93 d · percentile 21 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,052.24 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.241 · percentile 21 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.927 days
Semi-major axis
0.0400 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.93 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0400 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

2.546 h

Impact parameter b

0.380

Rp / R★

0.011806

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.8286

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 170 ppm lasting ≈ 2.55 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011806

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.902

Impact parameter (b)

0.380

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.8286

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03800

Eq. Temperature

1,258K

(985 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

622.07

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.241

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-299

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,617 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.24 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.032 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.004 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.394 dex

Stellar density

1.090 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,052.24 parsec
Light-years 3,431.94 ly
V-band magnitude
15.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 60,522,327 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.616.316.26B15.23V15.01Gaia15.02Kepler14.53TESS15.49Sloan g14.96Sloan r14.81Sloan i14.77Sloan z13.88J13.51H13.44K13.47W113.50W212.62W39.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.922 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.940 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.58 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.151 · y = -0.644 · z = 0.750

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.20702° · Dec 48.58052°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.262° · 19.777°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.313° · 70.770°

HTM-20 index

1945540361

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