Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-333 c

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

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 24.088 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1350 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 386 K (113 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,058.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.785
  • 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 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-333 b Super-Earth 1.32 28.20 12.551 480 2014
Kepler-333 c this Rocky Terrestrial 1.11 1.41 24.088 386 2014

Kepler-333 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.099 R♃
Mass
1.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.004 M♃
Density
5.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.785
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

#209of 570

top 36.5%

This planet

1.11R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-333 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.007.050.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137556197

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053581167404822272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053581167404822272

System

Kepler-333

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.110 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 570
Mass 1.410 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 570
Orbital period 24.09 d · percentile 94 / cohort 567
Distance 324.41 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 566
ESI 0.785 · percentile 87 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
24.088 days
Semi-major axis
0.1350 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.51 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 24.09 Earth days (6.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1350 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.040 %

Duration

3.990 h

Impact parameter b

0.740

Rp / R★

0.017719

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.4255

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 399 ppm lasting ≈ 3.99 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017719

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

31.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.740

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.4255

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.41600

Eq. Temperature

386K

(113 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

7.05

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.785

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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