Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-311 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-311, located approximately 2,539.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.63 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 19.738 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1450 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 744 K (471 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,539.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.413
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 44,786,315 years

2 siblings around Kepler-311

Kepler-311 c 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-311 b Super-Earth 1.70 3.53 9.176 960 2014
Kepler-311 c this Super-Earth 1.43 2.63 19.738 744 2014
Kepler-311 d Sub-Neptune 2.05 4.86 232.040 327 2023

Kepler-311 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.128 R♃
Mass
2.63 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
4.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.413
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

#864of 1176

top 73.4%

This planet

1.43R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-311 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.63317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0072.460.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351898154

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2119534646538533888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2119534646538533888

System

Kepler-311

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.430 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.630 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 19.74 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1164
Distance 778.65 pc · percentile 66 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.413 · percentile 63 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
19.738 days
Semi-major axis
0.1450 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.06 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 19.74 Earth days (5.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1450 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

4.860 h

Impact parameter b

0.420

Rp / R★

0.013150

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.2853

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 168 ppm lasting ≈ 4.86 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013150

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.420

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.2853

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.18600

Eq. Temperature

744K

(471 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

72.46

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.413

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-311

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,905 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.95 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.188 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.994 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.308 dex

Stellar density

0.690 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
778.65 parsec
Light-years 2,539.63 ly
V-band magnitude
13.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 44,786,315 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.514.914.92B13.90V13.75Gaia13.80Kepler13.34TESS14.15Sloan g13.73Sloan r13.65Sloan i13.59Sloan z12.75J12.47H12.42K12.38W112.41W212.19W39.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.255 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.907 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.86 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.142 · y = -0.666 · z = 0.732

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.06127° · Dec 47.08550°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.493° · 20.023°

Ecliptic λ, β

293.993° · 69.522°

HTM-20 index

1727815755

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