Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-318 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-318, located approximately 1,595.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.68 Earth radii
  • A mass of 13.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 11.815 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1050 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 762 K (489 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,595.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.284
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,134,220 years

1 sibling around Kepler-318

Kepler-318 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-318 b Neptune-like 4.71 19.90 4.663 1,039 2014
Kepler-318 c this Sub-Neptune 3.68 13.10 11.815 762 2014

Kepler-318 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.68 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.328 R♃
Mass
13.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.041 M♃
Density
1.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.284
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

#98of 1978

top 4.9%

This planet

3.68R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-318 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0013.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0096.510.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 274198407

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2085559604106082688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2085559604106082688

System

Kepler-318

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.680 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Mass 13.100 M⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.82 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1946
Distance 489.14 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.284 · percentile 24 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.815 days
Semi-major axis
0.1050 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.15 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.82 Earth days (3.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1050 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.098 %

Duration

2.556 h

Impact parameter b

0.010

Rp / R★

0.028571

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.0897

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 984 ppm lasting ≈ 2.56 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028571

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

36.756

Impact parameter (b)

0.010

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.0897

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21500

Eq. Temperature

762K

(489 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

96.51

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.284

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-318

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,746 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.95 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.189 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.073 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.33

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.325 dex

Stellar density

1.120 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
489.14 parsec
Light-years 1,595.36 ly
V-band magnitude
13.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,134,220 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.214.17B13.44V13.28Gaia13.30Kepler12.80TESS13.81Sloan g13.25Sloan r13.08Sloan i13.03Sloan z12.15J11.83H11.77K11.73W111.80W211.84W38.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.016 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.462 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.326 · y = -0.602 · z = 0.729

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.48283° · Dec 46.79364°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.952° · 9.687°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.233° · 65.246°

HTM-20 index

42241302

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