Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.37 Earth radii
A mass of 2.45 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.31 g
An orbital period of 17.935 days
Semi-major axis 0.1420 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,002 K (729 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,696.05 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.306
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 47,544,802 years

1 sibling around Kepler-320

Kepler-320 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-320 b	Rocky Terrestrial	1.14	1.55	8.372	1,292	2014
Kepler-320 c this	Super-Earth	1.37	2.45	17.935	1,002	2014

Kepler-320 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.37 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.122 R♃

Mass

2.45 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.008 M♃

Density

5.24 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.306

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

#966of 1176

top 82.1%

This planet

1.37R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-240 b 1.37 R⊕ Kepler-286 c 1.37 R⊕ Kepler-901 b 1.37 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-320 c	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.37	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.45	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.24	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.31	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	101.62	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275575525

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128079230577866880

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128079230577866880

System

Kepler-320

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.370 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.450 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 17.93 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1164

Distance 826.61 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.306 · percentile 38 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

17.935 days

Semi-major axis

0.1420 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

80.93 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 17.93 Earth days (4.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1420 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

5.260 h

Impact parameter b

0.220

Rp / R★

0.012383

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.2182

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 143 ppm lasting ≈ 5.26 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012383

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.190

Impact parameter (b)

0.220

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.2182

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17200

Eq. Temperature

1,002K

(729 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

101.62

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.306

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2014 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-186 e · Super-Earth Kepler-395 c · Super-Earth Kepler-220 e · Super-Earth Kepler-249 d · Super-Earth Kepler-296 f · Super-Earth Kepler-367 c · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-296 e · Super-Earth Kepler-155 c · Sub-Neptune Kepler-138 d · Super-Earth Kepler-333 c · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-331 d · Super-Earth Kepler-267 d · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-320

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,435 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.14 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.108 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.072 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.419 dex

Stellar density

0.560 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance

826.61 parsec

Light-years 2,696.05 ly

V-band magnitude

13.49 mag

Voyager-speed travel 47,544,802 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.181 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.423 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.58 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.273 · y = -0.636 · z = 0.721

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.21352° · Dec 46.17515°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.665° · 12.604°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.588° · 66.216°

HTM-20 index

-1453042679