Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-327 d

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-327, located approximately 789.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.73 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.64 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 13.969 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0900 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 387 K (114 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 789.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.703
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,918,513 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-327

Kepler-327 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-327 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.11 1.41 2.550 682 2014
Kepler-327 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.03 20.30 5.212 537 2014
Kepler-327 d this Super-Earth 1.73 3.64 13.969 387 2014

Kepler-327 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.73 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.154 R♃
Mass
3.64 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.703
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

#356of 1176

top 30.2%

This planet

1.73R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-327 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.64317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.007.590.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63366281

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126336710805475712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126336710805475712

System

Kepler-327

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.730 R⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.640 M⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 13.97 d · percentile 75 / cohort 1164
Distance 241.99 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.703 · percentile 85 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.969 days
Semi-major axis
0.0900 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.97 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0900 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.111 %

Duration

1.408 h

Impact parameter b

0.710

Rp / R★

0.036995

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.1710

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,110 ppm lasting ≈ 1.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.036995

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

35.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.710

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.1710

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.37200

Eq. Temperature

387K

(114 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

7.59

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.703

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-327

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,799 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.28 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.492 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.592 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.758 dex

Stellar density

3.774 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
241.99 parsec
Light-years 789.26 ly
V-band magnitude
15.61 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,918,513 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.117.217.25B15.61V14.98Gaia15.02Kepler14.01TESS16.45Sloan g15.08Sloan r14.40Sloan i14.05Sloan z12.79J12.11H11.96K11.86W111.87W211.73W39.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.104 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.406 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.31 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.277 · y = -0.663 · z = 0.696

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.64230° · Dec 44.08763°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.566° · 12.042°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.833° · 64.427°

HTM-20 index

-582567180

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