Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-323 c

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 1.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.76 g
  • An orbital period of 3.554 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0458 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,431 K (1158 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,483.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.179
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,163,782 years

1 sibling around Kepler-323

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

Kepler-323 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.140 R♃
Mass
6.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
9.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.76 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.179
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

#618of 1176

top 52.5%

This planet

1.57R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-323 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.519.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.762.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00700.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6.800 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 1.570 R⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1176
Mass 6.800 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.55 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1164
Distance 454.88 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.179 · percentile 8 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.554 days
Semi-major axis
0.0458 AU
Eccentricity
0.095
Inclination
88.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.55 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0458 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

3.103 h

Impact parameter b

0.692

Rp / R★

0.013370

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,956.9823

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 192 ppm lasting ≈ 3.10 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013370

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.872

Impact parameter (b)

0.692

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,956.9823

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10100

Eq. Temperature

1,431K

(1158 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

700.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.179

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

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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