Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-310 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-310, located approximately 1,964.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 13.931 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1110 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 665 K (392 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,964.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.475
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,641,014 years

2 siblings around Kepler-310

Kepler-310 b 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-310 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.19 1.81 13.931 665 2014
Kepler-310 c Sub-Neptune 3.38 11.40 56.475 417 2014
Kepler-310 d Sub-Neptune 2.47 7.00 92.876 353 2014

Kepler-310 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.106 R♃
Mass
1.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.006 M♃
Density
5.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.475
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

#101of 570

top 17.5%

This planet

1.19R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-310 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0045.970.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158840828

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127798442794047104

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127798442794047104

System

Kepler-310

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.190 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 570
Mass 1.810 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 570
Orbital period 13.93 d · percentile 86 / cohort 567
Distance 602.27 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 566
ESI 0.475 · percentile 68 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.931 days
Semi-major axis
0.1110 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.93 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1110 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

2.104 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.012991

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.4267

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 187 ppm lasting ≈ 2.10 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012991

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.4267

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.18400

Eq. Temperature

665K

(392 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

45.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.475

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-310

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,797 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.876 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.854 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.521 dex

Stellar density

1.460 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
602.27 parsec
Light-years 1,964.33 ly
V-band magnitude
14.38 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,641,014 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.615.59B14.38V14.27Gaia14.28Kepler13.77TESS14.78Sloan g14.24Sloan r14.06Sloan i14.15Sloan z13.06J12.69H12.63K12.56W112.62W212.71W39.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.632 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.268 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.27 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.220 · y = -0.646 · z = 0.731

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.83928° · Dec 46.98675°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.130° · 15.674°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.149° · 68.075°

HTM-20 index

1862303311

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