Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-317 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-317, located approximately 3,067.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.72 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.61 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 8.775 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0830 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 837 K (564 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,067.77 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.345
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 54,100,141 years

1 sibling around Kepler-317

Kepler-317 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-317 b Sub-Neptune 2.09 109.80 5.524 976 2014
Kepler-317 c this Super-Earth 1.72 3.61 8.775 837 2014

Kepler-317 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.72 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.153 R♃
Mass
3.61 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.345
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

#373of 1176

top 31.6%

This planet

1.72R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-317 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.61317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0081.760.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 138890353

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052163518963966336

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052163518963966336

System

Kepler-317

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.720 R⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.610 M⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 8.78 d · percentile 61 / cohort 1164
Distance 940.58 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.345 · percentile 49 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.775 days
Semi-major axis
0.0830 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.45 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.78 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0830 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.035 %

Duration

2.857 h

Impact parameter b

0.380

Rp / R★

0.018115

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.7098

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 352 ppm lasting ≈ 2.86 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018115

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.430

Impact parameter (b)

0.380

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.7098

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08820

Eq. Temperature

837K

(564 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

81.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.345

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-317

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,497 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.72 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.941 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.865 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.493 dex

Stellar density

1.481 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
940.58 parsec
Light-years 3,067.77 ly
V-band magnitude
15.67 mag
Voyager-speed travel 54,100,141 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.916.115.97B15.67V15.46Gaia15.38Kepler14.87TESS16.06Sloan g15.32Sloan r15.09Sloan i14.98Sloan z14.10J13.72H13.67K13.48W113.58W212.28W38.94W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.035 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.294 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.328 · y = -0.704 · z = 0.630

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.94388° · Dec 39.03205°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.811° · 8.188°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.616° · 59.088°

HTM-20 index

-1991753327

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