Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-339 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-339, located approximately 2,011.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.42 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 4.978 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0550 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,023 K (750 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,011.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.296
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,467,485 years

2 siblings around Kepler-339

Kepler-339 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-339 b this Super-Earth 1.42 2.60 4.978 1,023 2014
Kepler-339 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.15 7.30 6.988 914 2014
Kepler-339 d Rocky Terrestrial 1.17 14.70 10.558 796 2014

Kepler-339 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.42 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.127 R♃
Mass
2.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
4.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.296
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

#884of 1176

top 75.1%

This planet

1.42R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-339 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00159.950.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26817284

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128911251641171200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128911251641171200

System

Kepler-339

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.420 R⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.600 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.98 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1164
Distance 616.64 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.296 · percentile 36 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.978 days
Semi-major axis
0.0550 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.98 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0550 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.029 %

Duration

2.553 h

Impact parameter b

0.600

Rp / R★

0.015682

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.6715

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 294 ppm lasting ≈ 2.55 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015682

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.600

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.6715

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08920

Eq. Temperature

1,023K

(750 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

159.95

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.296

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-339

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,631 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.802 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.586 dex

Stellar density

1.770 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
616.64 parsec
Light-years 2,011.20 ly
V-band magnitude
14.71 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,467,485 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.615.56B14.71V14.51Gaia14.53Kepler14.00TESS15.05Sloan g14.47Sloan r14.31Sloan i14.21Sloan z13.28J12.90H12.87K12.81W112.85W212.92W39.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.593 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.785 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.263 · y = -0.609 · z = 0.748

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.35170° · Dec 48.44459°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.801° · 13.516°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.197° · 68.251°

HTM-20 index

-759188989

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