Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-329 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-329, located approximately 1,434.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.93 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.38 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • An orbital period of 18.685 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1130 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 402 K (129 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,434.17 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.657
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 25,291,585 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-329

Kepler-329 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-329 b Super-Earth 1.40 2.54 7.416 547 2014
Kepler-329 c this Super-Earth 1.93 4.38 18.685 402 2014

Kepler-329 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.93 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.172 R♃
Mass
4.38 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.657
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

#85of 1176

top 7.1%

This planet

1.93R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-329 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.38317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0011.870.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 268713285

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079224424266279936

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079224424266279936

System

Kepler-329

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.930 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.380 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 18.68 d · percentile 83 / cohort 1164
Distance 439.72 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.657 · percentile 83 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.685 days
Semi-major axis
0.1130 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.35 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.68 Earth days (5.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1130 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.125 %

Duration

3.948 h

Impact parameter b

0.640

Rp / R★

0.032436

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.1484

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,252 ppm lasting ≈ 3.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.032436

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.640

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.1484

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.25700

Eq. Temperature

402K

(129 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

11.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.657

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-329

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,257 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.523 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.602 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.44

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.740 dex

Stellar density

2.468 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
439.72 parsec
Light-years 1,434.17 ly
V-band magnitude
15.89 mag
Voyager-speed travel 25,291,585 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.917.317.33B15.89V15.43Gaia15.43Kepler14.64TESS16.57Sloan g15.36Sloan r14.95Sloan i14.65Sloan z13.51J12.85H12.69K12.67W112.78W211.99W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.246 mas

Total Proper Motion

42.261 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

24.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-34.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.344 · y = -0.614 · z = 0.710

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 299.26816° · Dec 45.22729°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.854° · 8.432°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.749° · 63.600°

HTM-20 index

-2016330453

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