Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-337 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-337, located approximately 2,211.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.99 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 3.293 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0450 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,458 K (1185 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,211.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.194
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 38,995,500 years

1 sibling around Kepler-337

Kepler-337 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-337 b this Super-Earth 1.54 2.99 3.293 1,458 2014
Kepler-337 c Sub-Neptune 2.05 4.86 9.693 1,017 2014

Kepler-337 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.137 R♃
Mass
2.99 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.194
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

#670of 1176

top 56.9%

This planet

1.54R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-337 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.99317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,589.010.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159226052

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127851116271982848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127851116271982848

System

Kepler-337

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.540 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.990 M⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.29 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1164
Distance 677.98 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.194 · percentile 11 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.293 days
Semi-major axis
0.0450 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
80.59 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.29 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0450 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.008 %

Duration

4.767 h

Impact parameter b

0.030

Rp / R★

0.008980

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.0097

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 81 ppm lasting ≈ 4.77 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008980

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.210

Impact parameter (b)

0.030

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.0097

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06640

Eq. Temperature

1,458K

(1185 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,589.01

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.194

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-337

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,684 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.94 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.761 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.081 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.004 dex

Stellar density

0.190 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-64.57 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
677.98 parsec
Light-years 2,211.26 ly
V-band magnitude
12.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 38,995,500 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.713.513.53B12.80V12.71Gaia12.73Kepler12.24TESS13.19Sloan g12.67Sloan r12.53Sloan i12.47Sloan z11.54J11.26H11.18K11.14W111.20W211.22W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.446 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.395 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.67 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.233 · y = -0.639 · z = 0.733

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.06051° · Dec 47.16395°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.643° · 14.982°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.394° · 67.946°

HTM-20 index

-424695117

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