Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-323 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-323, located approximately 1,483.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.38 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.04 g
  • An orbital period of 1.678 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0278 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,838 K (1565 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,483.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.141
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,163,782 years

1 sibling around Kepler-323

Kepler-323 b 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-323 b this Super-Earth 1.38 3.90 1.678 1,838 2014
Kepler-323 c Super-Earth 1.57 6.80 3.554 1,431 2014

Kepler-323 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.38 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.123 R♃
Mass
3.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
8.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.141
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

#952of 1176

top 80.9%

This planet

1.38R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-323 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,900.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137150039

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052582432887909376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052582432887909376

System

Kepler-323

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.381 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.900 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.68 d · percentile 10 / cohort 1164
Distance 454.88 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.141 · percentile 3 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.678 days
Semi-major axis
0.0278 AU
Eccentricity
0.095
Inclination
88.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.68 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0278 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

2.512 h

Impact parameter b

0.701

Rp / R★

0.011305

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,953.9478

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 146 ppm lasting ≈ 2.51 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011305

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.578

Impact parameter (b)

0.701

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,953.9478

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06110

Eq. Temperature

1,838K

(1565 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,900.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.141

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

Host System: Kepler-323

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,004 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.120 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.015 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

0.740 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
454.88 parsec
Light-years 1,483.63 ly
V-band magnitude
12.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,163,782 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.215.215.17U13.45B12.78V12.66Gaia12.72Kepler12.26TESS13.74Sloan g12.72Sloan r12.83Sloan i13.40Sloan z11.69J11.42H11.35K11.33W111.38W211.36W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.170 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.306 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.70 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.287 · y = -0.732 · z = 0.617

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.38230° · Dec 38.12746°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.696° · 10.240°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.918° · 59.074°

HTM-20 index

1988392611

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