Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-322 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-322, located approximately 1,306.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.67 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.43 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • An orbital period of 4.337 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0510 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 996 K (723 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,306.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.290
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,034,651 years

1 sibling around Kepler-322

Kepler-322 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-322 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.01 1.01 1.654 1,373 2014
Kepler-322 c this Super-Earth 1.67 3.43 4.337 996 2014

Kepler-322 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.67 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.149 R♃
Mass
3.43 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
4.05 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.290
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

#452of 1176

top 38.4%

This planet

1.67R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-322 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.43317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.051.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00203.410.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123313142

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2117317588719059968

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2117317588719059968

System

Kepler-322

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.670 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.430 M⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.34 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1164
Distance 400.48 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.290 · percentile 34 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.337 days
Semi-major axis
0.0510 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.77 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.34 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0510 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.038 %

Duration

2.454 h

Impact parameter b

0.230

Rp / R★

0.017613

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.8496

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 376 ppm lasting ≈ 2.45 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017613

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.488

Impact parameter (b)

0.230

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.8496

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12700

Eq. Temperature

996K

(723 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

203.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.290

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-322

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,388 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.908 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.501 dex

Stellar density

1.640 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-22.96 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
400.48 parsec
Light-years 1,306.19 ly
V-band magnitude
13.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,034,651 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.514.614.59B13.69V13.50Gaia13.53Kepler12.99TESS14.09Sloan g13.49Sloan r13.29Sloan i13.19Sloan z12.25J11.87H11.84K11.76W111.81W211.88W39.47W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.468 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.927 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.141 · y = -0.702 · z = 0.698

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.34875° · Dec 44.29525°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.516° · 19.587°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.041° · 66.907°

HTM-20 index

-4929108

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