Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-347 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-347, located approximately 4,236.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.97 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 12.798 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1100 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 908 K (635 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,236.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.303
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 74,708,470 years

2 siblings around Kepler-347

Kepler-347 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-347 b this Super-Earth 1.97 4.54 12.798 908 2014
Kepler-347 c Super-Earth 1.75 3.71 27.321 705 2014
Kepler-347 d Sub-Neptune 3.04 9.48 85.517 482 2023

Kepler-347 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.97 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.176 R♃
Mass
4.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.26 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.303
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

#38of 1176

top 3.1%

This planet

1.97R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-347 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.261.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00180.550.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 299158566

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2132614922197436928

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2132614922197436928

System

Kepler-347

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.970 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.540 M⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 12.80 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,298.88 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.303 · percentile 37 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.798 days
Semi-major axis
0.1100 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.06 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.80 Earth days (3.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1100 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.034 %

Duration

6.244 h

Impact parameter b

0.710

Rp / R★

0.016170

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.6482

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 337 ppm lasting ≈ 6.24 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016170

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.710

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.6482

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08470

Eq. Temperature

908K

(635 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

180.55

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.303

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-347

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,088 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.75 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.005 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.922 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.472 dex

Stellar density

0.320 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,298.88 parsec
Light-years 4,236.38 ly
V-band magnitude
14.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 74,708,470 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.415.36B14.57V14.49Gaia14.51Kepler14.04TESS14.94Sloan g14.45Sloan r14.33Sloan i14.29Sloan z13.39J13.08H13.05K13.00W113.05W212.80W39.48W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.741 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.464 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.214 · y = -0.616 · z = 0.758

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.19960° · Dec 49.30564°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.449° · 16.358°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.149° · 70.147°

HTM-20 index

430245161

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