Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-339 d

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 1.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.74 g
  • An orbital period of 10.558 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0910 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 796 K (523 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,011.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.230
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,467,485 years

2 siblings around Kepler-339

Kepler-339 d 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 Rocky Terrestrial 1.15 7.30 6.988 914 2014
Kepler-339 d this Rocky Terrestrial 1.17 14.70 10.558 796 2014

Kepler-339 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.104 R♃
Mass
14.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.046 M♃
Density
50.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.74 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.230
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

#135of 570

top 23.5%

This planet

1.17R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-339 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5150.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.742.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0058.650.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 14.700 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 1.170 R⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 570
Mass 14.700 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 570
Orbital period 10.56 d · percentile 80 / cohort 567
Distance 616.64 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 566
ESI 0.230 · percentile 20 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.558 days
Semi-major axis
0.0910 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.23 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.56 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0910 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

3.410 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.013167

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.3466

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 209 ppm lasting ≈ 3.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013167

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.910

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.3466

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14800

Eq. Temperature

796K

(523 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

58.65

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.230

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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