Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-352 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-352, located approximately 824.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.77 g
  • An orbital period of 10.055 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0850 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 694 K (421 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 824.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.453
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,536,597 years

2 siblings around Kepler-352

Kepler-352 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-352 d Rocky Terrestrial 0.81 0.45 6.887 788 2021
Kepler-352 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.86 0.57 10.055 694 2014
Kepler-352 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.24 2.07 16.333 591 2014

Kepler-352 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.077 R♃
Mass
0.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
4.89 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.453
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

#444of 570

top 77.7%

This planet

0.86R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-352 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.891.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0050.390.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 269271535

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2085281530744134272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2085281530744134272

System

Kepler-352

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.860 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 570
Mass 0.566 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 570
Orbital period 10.06 d · percentile 78 / cohort 567
Distance 252.73 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 566
ESI 0.453 · percentile 66 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.055 days
Semi-major axis
0.0850 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.87 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.06 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0850 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

2.963 h

Impact parameter b

0.260

Rp / R★

0.010833

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,006.2330

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 146 ppm lasting ≈ 2.96 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010833

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

26.280

Impact parameter (b)

0.260

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,006.2330

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.33600

Eq. Temperature

694K

(421 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

50.39

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.453

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-352

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,212 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.781 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.798 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.566 dex

Stellar density

2.010 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-5.87 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
252.73 parsec
Light-years 824.30 ly
V-band magnitude
13.14 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,536,597 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.014.214.17B13.14V12.96Gaia12.96Kepler12.41TESS13.57Sloan g12.90Sloan r12.69Sloan i12.61Sloan z11.61J11.18H11.13K11.08W111.13W210.91W38.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.928 mas

Total Proper Motion

24.538 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

13.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.346 · y = -0.602 · z = 0.720

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 299.89662° · Dec 46.05190°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.798° · 8.472°

Ecliptic λ, β

322.477° · 64.143°

HTM-20 index

-1955098591

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