Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-301 d

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-301, located approximately 2,345.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.75 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 13.751 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1120 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 725 K (452 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,345.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.397
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 41,364,708 years

2 siblings around Kepler-301

Kepler-301 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-301 b Super-Earth 1.35 2.39 2.509 1,278 2014
Kepler-301 c Super-Earth 1.35 2.39 5.419 989 2014
Kepler-301 d this Super-Earth 1.75 3.71 13.751 725 2014

Kepler-301 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.75 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.156 R♃
Mass
3.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.397
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

#326of 1176

top 27.6%

This planet

1.75R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-301 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0068.930.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48419097

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131867357368794624

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131867357368794624

System

Kepler-301

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.750 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.710 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 13.75 d · percentile 74 / cohort 1164
Distance 719.17 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.397 · percentile 60 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.751 days
Semi-major axis
0.1120 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.21 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.75 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1120 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.035 %

Duration

3.958 h

Impact parameter b

0.270

Rp / R★

0.017230

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,977.6123

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 349 ppm lasting ≈ 3.96 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017230

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.270

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,977.6123

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15600

Eq. Temperature

725K

(452 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

68.93

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.397

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-301

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,815 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.45 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.022 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.525 dex

Stellar density

1.220 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
719.17 parsec
Light-years 2,345.60 ly
V-band magnitude
14.46 mag
Voyager-speed travel 41,364,708 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.814.84B14.46V14.27Gaia14.27Kepler13.80TESS14.76Sloan g14.23Sloan r14.06Sloan i14.01Sloan z13.15J12.82H12.71K12.67W112.70W212.78W39.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.362 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.836 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.68 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.158 · y = -0.634 · z = 0.757

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.98290° · Dec 49.23295°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.094° · 19.509°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.390° · 71.248°

HTM-20 index

1772825040

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