Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-332 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-332, located approximately 1,122.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 7.626 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0700 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 703 K (430 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,122.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.452
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,796,985 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-332

Kepler-332 b 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-332 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.17 1.71 7.626 703 2014
Kepler-332 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.09 1.32 15.996 550 2014
Kepler-332 d Rocky Terrestrial 1.18 1.76 34.212 427 2014

Kepler-332 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.104 R♃
Mass
1.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.87 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.452
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

#135of 570

top 23.5%

This planet

1.17R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-332 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.871.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0053.710.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158272257

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130683904901068800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130683904901068800

System

Kepler-332

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.170 R⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 570
Mass 1.710 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 570
Orbital period 7.63 d · percentile 70 / cohort 567
Distance 344.19 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 566
ESI 0.452 · percentile 66 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.626 days
Semi-major axis
0.0700 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.43 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.63 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0700 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

2.370 h

Impact parameter b

0.130

Rp / R★

0.015400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.0167

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 296 ppm lasting ≈ 2.37 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.470

Impact parameter (b)

0.130

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.0167

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20300

Eq. Temperature

703K

(430 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

53.71

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.452

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-332

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,955 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.82 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.743 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.611 dex

Stellar density

2.210 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
344.19 parsec
Light-years 1,122.60 ly
V-band magnitude
14.24 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,796,985 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.915.93B14.24V14.00Gaia14.02Kepler13.41TESS14.73Sloan g13.94Sloan r13.71Sloan i13.58Sloan z12.56J12.07H11.97K11.81W111.86W211.49W39.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.877 mas

Total Proper Motion

27.449 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-26.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.84 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.194 · y = -0.648 · z = 0.736

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.66278° · Dec 47.41369°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.954° · 17.204°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.724° · 68.968°

HTM-20 index

-644875230

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