Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-312 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-312, located approximately 2,601.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.02 g
  • An orbital period of 19.747 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1530 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 754 K (481 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,601.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.307
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 45,882,946 years

1 sibling around Kepler-312

Kepler-312 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-312 b Super-Earth 1.29 2.21 1.772 1,685 2014
Kepler-312 c this Sub-Neptune 3.15 10.10 19.747 754 2014

Kepler-312 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.281 R♃
Mass
10.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.032 M♃
Density
1.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.307
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

#391of 1978

top 19.7%

This planet

3.15R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-312 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.022.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00165.820.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 274030824

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2078450436800904448

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2078450436800904448

System

Kepler-312

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.150 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.100 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 19.75 d · percentile 62 / cohort 1946
Distance 797.72 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.307 · percentile 30 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
19.747 days
Semi-major axis
0.1530 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.06 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 19.75 Earth days (5.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1530 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.048 %

Duration

3.376 h

Impact parameter b

0.180

Rp / R★

0.021930

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,980.1036

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 481 ppm lasting ≈ 3.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.021930

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

44.990

Impact parameter (b)

0.180

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,980.1036

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19200

Eq. Temperature

754K

(481 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

165.82

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.307

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-312

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,115 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.467 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.314 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.191 dex

Stellar density

0.300 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
797.72 parsec
Light-years 2,601.81 ly
V-band magnitude
13.01 mag
Voyager-speed travel 45,882,946 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.413.513.49B13.01V12.92Gaia12.95Kepler12.49TESS13.36Sloan g12.90Sloan r12.78Sloan i12.73Sloan z11.90J11.66H11.60K11.53W111.56W211.53W39.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.225 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.876 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.351 · y = -0.649 · z = 0.675

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.39577° · Dec 42.45977°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.119° · 7.583°

Ecliptic λ, β

317.019° · 61.345°

HTM-20 index

-465939898

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