Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-349 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-349, located approximately 3,068.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 94.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 26.18 g
  • An orbital period of 5.930 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0650 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 972 K (699 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,068.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.146
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 54,108,194 years

1 sibling around Kepler-349

Kepler-349 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-349 b this Super-Earth 1.90 94.50 5.930 972 2014
Kepler-349 c Super-Earth 1.96 4.50 12.248 763 2014

Kepler-349 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.170 R♃
Mass
94.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.297 M♃
Density
75.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
26.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.146
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

#125of 1176

top 10.5%

This planet

1.90R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-349 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0094.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5175.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0026.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00248.270.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 94.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270615037

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126415051008325376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126415051008325376

System

Kepler-349

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.900 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1176
Mass 94.500 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 5.93 d · percentile 47 / cohort 1164
Distance 940.72 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.146 · percentile 4 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.930 days
Semi-major axis
0.0650 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.93 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0650 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.043 %

Duration

2.364 h

Impact parameter b

0.480

Rp / R★

0.018974

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.4912

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 430 ppm lasting ≈ 2.36 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018974

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.630

Impact parameter (b)

0.480

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.4912

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06910

Eq. Temperature

972K

(699 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

248.27

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.146

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-349

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,956 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.927 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.083 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.518 dex

Stellar density

1.100 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
940.72 parsec
Light-years 3,068.23 ly
V-band magnitude
14.92 mag
Voyager-speed travel 54,108,194 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.015.715.71B14.92V14.72Gaia14.75Kepler14.26TESS15.20Sloan g14.68Sloan r14.55Sloan i14.46Sloan z13.58J13.28H13.18K13.11W113.16W212.30W39.03W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.035 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.807 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.71 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.286 · y = -0.652 · z = 0.702

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.67647° · Dec 44.61560°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.386° · 11.617°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.882° · 64.650°

HTM-20 index

-1620881650

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