Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-339 c

A rocky terrestrial 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 1.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.52 g
  • An orbital period of 6.988 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0690 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 914 K (641 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,011.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.242
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,467,485 years

2 siblings around Kepler-339

Kepler-339 c 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 Super-Earth 1.42 2.60 4.978 1,023 2014
Kepler-339 c this 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 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.103 R♃
Mass
7.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
26.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.52 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.242
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

#160of 570

top 27.9%

This planet

1.15R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-339 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5126.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.522.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00101.840.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7.300 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26817284

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128911251641171200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128911251641171200

System

Kepler-339

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.150 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 570
Mass 7.300 M⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 570
Orbital period 6.99 d · percentile 67 / cohort 567
Distance 616.64 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 566
ESI 0.242 · percentile 24 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.988 days
Semi-major axis
0.0690 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.92 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.99 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0690 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

3.150 h

Impact parameter b

0.460

Rp / R★

0.013364

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.5611

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 215 ppm lasting ≈ 3.15 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013364

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.420

Impact parameter (b)

0.460

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.5611

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11200

Eq. Temperature

914K

(641 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

101.84

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.242

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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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