Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-330 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-330, located approximately 2,340.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 15.955 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1160 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 573 K (300 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,340.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.481
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 41,270,436 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-330

Kepler-330 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-330 b Super-Earth 1.35 2.39 8.260 714 2014
Kepler-330 c this Super-Earth 1.95 4.46 15.955 573 2014

Kepler-330 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.174 R♃
Mass
4.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.481
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

#67of 1176

top 5.6%

This planet

1.95R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-330 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0027.680.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158727691

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127181926007695744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127181926007695744

System

Kepler-330

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.950 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.460 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 15.96 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1164
Distance 717.53 pc · percentile 62 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.481 · percentile 71 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.955 days
Semi-major axis
0.1160 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.96 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1160 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.076 %

Duration

3.917 h

Impact parameter b

0.220

Rp / R★

0.024400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,976.3037

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 763 ppm lasting ≈ 3.92 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

31.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.220

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,976.3037

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16200

Eq. Temperature

573K

(300 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

27.68

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.481

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-330

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,117 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.722 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.848 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.636 dex

Stellar density

1.730 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
717.53 parsec
Light-years 2,340.26 ly
V-band magnitude
15.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 41,270,436 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.616.59B15.57V15.26Gaia15.26Kepler14.67TESS15.97Sloan g15.20Sloan r14.96Sloan i14.83Sloan z13.86J13.32H13.26K13.22W113.31W212.82W39.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.365 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.911 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.61 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.225 · y = -0.673 · z = 0.705

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.44740° · Dec 44.80176°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.937° · 15.059°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.650° · 66.099°

HTM-20 index

1288690904

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