Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-344 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-344, located approximately 3,271.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 125.597 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4880 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 360 K (87 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,271.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.611
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 57,686,709 years

1 sibling around Kepler-344

Kepler-344 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-344 b Sub-Neptune 2.61 7.32 21.964 643 2014
Kepler-344 c this Sub-Neptune 2.95 9.01 125.597 360 2014

Kepler-344 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.263 R♃
Mass
9.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
1.93 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.611
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

#557of 1978

top 28.1%

This planet

2.95R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-344 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.931.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.670.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63289452

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128263364414395136

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128263364414395136

System

Kepler-344

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.950 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.010 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 125.60 d · percentile 96 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,002.94 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.611 · percentile 83 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
125.597 days
Semi-major axis
0.4880 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 125.60 Earth days (34.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4880 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.093 %

Duration

7.533 h

Impact parameter b

0.030

Rp / R★

0.027646

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,048.4417

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 926 ppm lasting ≈ 7.53 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027646

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

138.520

Impact parameter (b)

0.030

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,048.4417

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.48700

Eq. Temperature

360K

(87 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.67

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.611

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-344

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,774 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.51 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.976 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.931 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.451 dex

Stellar density

1.440 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,002.94 parsec
Light-years 3,271.15 ly
V-band magnitude
15.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 57,686,709 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.516.316.34B15.54V15.30Gaia15.38Kepler14.79TESS15.93Sloan g15.32Sloan r15.14Sloan i15.02Sloan z14.08J13.71H13.66K13.64W113.72W213.08W39.50W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.969 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.860 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.44 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.264 · y = -0.638 · z = 0.723

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.49961° · Dec 46.32434°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.581° · 13.113°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.595° · 66.544°

HTM-20 index

-962640268

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