Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-333 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-333, located approximately 1,058.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.32 Earth radii
  • A mass of 28.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 16.18 g
  • An orbital period of 12.551 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0870 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 480 K (207 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,058.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.330
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,659,460 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-333

Kepler-333 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-333 b this Super-Earth 1.32 28.20 12.551 480 2014
Kepler-333 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.11 1.41 24.088 386 2014

Kepler-333 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.32 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.118 R♃
Mass
28.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.089 M♃
Density
67.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
16.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.330
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

#1049of 1176

top 89.1%

This planet

1.32R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-333 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0028.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5167.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0016.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0016.820.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 28.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137556197

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053581167404822272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053581167404822272

System

Kepler-333

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.320 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Mass 28.200 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 12.55 d · percentile 71 / cohort 1164
Distance 324.41 pc · percentile 34 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.330 · percentile 45 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.551 days
Semi-major axis
0.0870 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.55 Earth days (3.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0870 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.055 %

Duration

3.216 h

Impact parameter b

0.760

Rp / R★

0.022970

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.2614

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 555 ppm lasting ≈ 3.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022970

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.760

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.2614

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26800

Eq. Temperature

480K

(207 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

16.82

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.330

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-333

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,259 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.24 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.534 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.601 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.732 dex

Stellar density

2.783 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
324.41 parsec
Light-years 1,058.09 ly
V-band magnitude
15.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,659,460 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.416.43B15.05V14.72Gaia14.73Kepler13.97TESS15.86Sloan g14.67Sloan r14.25Sloan i14.01Sloan z12.86J12.23H12.12K12.03W112.07W212.11W39.36W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.054 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.910 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.287 · y = -0.699 · z = 0.655

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.28612° · Dec 40.91354°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.547° · 10.864°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.944° · 61.525°

HTM-20 index

1768355407

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