Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

Kepler-328 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-328, located approximately 7,218.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 28.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.39 g
  • An orbital period of 34.921 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2199 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 602 K (329 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 7,218.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.418
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 127,297,394 years

1 sibling around Kepler-328

Kepler-328 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-328 b this Sub-Neptune 2.30 28.50 34.921 602 2013
Kepler-328 c Neptune-like 5.40 39.40 71.312 475 2013

Kepler-328 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.205 R♃
Mass
28.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.090 M♃
Density
7.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.39 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.418
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1499of 1978

top 75.7%

This planet

2.30R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-328 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0028.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.392.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0057.080.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 28.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184164097

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076373321899335808

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076373321899335808

System

Kepler-328

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.300 R⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1978
Mass 28.500 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 34.92 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1946
Distance 2,213.19 pc · percentile 98 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.418 · percentile 56 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
34.921 days
Semi-major axis
0.2199 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 34.92 Earth days (9.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2199 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.050 %

Duration

9.874 h

Impact parameter b

0.030

Rp / R★

0.020479

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,990.6317

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 500 ppm lasting ≈ 9.87 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.020479

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.140

Impact parameter (b)

0.030

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,990.6317

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09940

Eq. Temperature

602K

(329 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

57.08

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.418

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Xie 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-328

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,064 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.440 dex

Stellar density

0.993 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,213.19 parsec
Light-years 7,218.45 ly
V-band magnitude
15.79 mag
Voyager-speed travel 127,297,394 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.416.35B15.79V15.60Gaia15.67Kepler15.14TESS16.14Sloan g15.59Sloan r15.47Sloan i15.43Sloan z14.46J14.19H14.19K14.18W114.44W212.69W39.12W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.425 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.963 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.333 · y = -0.690 · z = 0.643

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.80928° · Dec 40.00849°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.000° · 8.070°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.497° · 59.784°

HTM-20 index

-1224775228

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