Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.52 Earth radii
A mass of 2.92 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.26 g
An orbital period of 7.057 days
Semi-major axis 0.0760 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,196 K (923 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,861.64 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.244
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,830,073 years

1 sibling around Kepler-348

Kepler-348 b 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-348 b this	Super-Earth	1.52	2.92	7.057	1,196	2014
Kepler-348 c	Super-Earth	1.33	2.33	17.265	888	2014

Kepler-348 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.52 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.136 R♃

Mass

2.92 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.009 M♃

Density

4.57 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.244

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

#707of 1176

top 60.0%

This planet

1.52R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-65 d 1.52 R⊕ Kepler-126 b 1.52 R⊕ Kepler-306 b 1.52 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-348 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.52	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.92	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.57	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.26	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	438.94	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 169180792

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073750986669231232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073750986669231232

System

Kepler-348

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.520 R⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.920 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 7.06 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1164

Distance 570.78 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.244 · percentile 22 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

7.057 days

Semi-major axis

0.0760 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

88.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.06 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0760 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.012 %

Duration

1.909 h

Impact parameter b

0.050

Rp / R★

0.010307

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.5318

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 122 ppm lasting ≈ 1.91 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010307

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.050

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.5318

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13300

Eq. Temperature

1,196K

(923 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

438.94

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.244

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2014 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-186 e · Super-Earth Kepler-395 c · Super-Earth Kepler-220 e · Super-Earth Kepler-249 d · Super-Earth Kepler-296 f · Super-Earth Kepler-367 c · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-296 e · Super-Earth Kepler-155 c · Sub-Neptune Kepler-138 d · Super-Earth Kepler-333 c · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-331 d · Super-Earth Kepler-267 d · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-348

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,177 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.359 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.189 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.244 dex

Stellar density

0.550 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-25.97 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

570.78 parsec

Light-years 1,861.64 ly

V-band magnitude

12.68 mag

Voyager-speed travel 32,830,073 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.724 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.654 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.69 mas/yr

PM Declination

7.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.348 · y = -0.675 · z = 0.650

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.25508° · Dec 40.54839°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.019° · 7.371°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.931° · 59.899°

HTM-20 index

-1005999485