Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-299 e

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 1.87 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 38.285 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2200 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 534 K (261 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,431.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.520
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 60,522,327 years

3 siblings around Kepler-299

Kepler-299 e 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 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 this Super-Earth 1.87 4.16 38.285 534 2014

Kepler-299 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.87 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.167 R♃
Mass
4.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.520
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

#169of 1176

top 14.3%

This planet

1.87R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-299 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0020.170.037

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 1.870 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.160 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 38.29 d · percentile 94 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,052.24 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.520 · percentile 74 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
38.285 days
Semi-major axis
0.2200 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 38.29 Earth days (10.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2200 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.032 %

Duration

5.638 h

Impact parameter b

0.220

Rp / R★

0.016260

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,976.3075

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 323 ppm lasting ≈ 5.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016260

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

44.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.220

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,976.3075

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20900

Eq. Temperature

534K

(261 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

20.17

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.520

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

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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