Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-340 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-340, located approximately 2,637.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.37 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 22.825 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1780 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 946 K (673 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,637.83 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.235
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,518,055 years

1 sibling around Kepler-340

Kepler-340 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-340 b Sub-Neptune 2.53 6.94 14.844 1,092 2014
Kepler-340 c this Sub-Neptune 3.37 11.30 22.825 946 2014

Kepler-340 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.37 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.301 R♃
Mass
11.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.036 M♃
Density
1.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.235
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

#237of 1978

top 11.9%

This planet

3.37R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-340 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00154.650.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184247532

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076383625510685824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076383625510685824

System

Kepler-340

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.370 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.300 M⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 22.82 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1946
Distance 808.76 pc · percentile 66 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.235 · percentile 13 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.825 days
Semi-major axis
0.1780 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.38 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.82 Earth days (6.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1780 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.032 %

Duration

6.614 h

Impact parameter b

0.120

Rp / R★

0.016406

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,977.4662

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 323 ppm lasting ≈ 6.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016406

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

27.250

Impact parameter (b)

0.120

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,977.4662

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22000

Eq. Temperature

946K

(673 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

154.65

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.235

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-340

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,620 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.650 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.063 dex

Stellar density

0.621 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
808.76 parsec
Light-years 2,637.83 ly
V-band magnitude
12.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 46,518,055 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.512.612.56B12.33V12.30Gaia12.35Kepler12.10TESS12.40Sloan g12.33Sloan r12.37Sloan i12.40Sloan z11.73J11.63H11.58K11.52W111.56W211.52W39.45W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.209 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.252 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.334 · y = -0.686 · z = 0.647

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.93347° · Dec 40.30055°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.304° · 8.128°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.876° · 60.025°

HTM-20 index

-1522982276

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