Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-353 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-353, located approximately 1,254.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.64 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.81 g
  • An orbital period of 5.795 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0510 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 534 K (261 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,254.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.587
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,126,678 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-353

Kepler-353 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-353 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.89 0.64 5.795 534 2014
Kepler-353 c Super-Earth 1.38 2.48 8.411 472 2014

Kepler-353 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.079 R♃
Mass
0.64 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
4.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.587
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

#418of 570

top 73.2%

This planet

0.89R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-353 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.64317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.812.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0027.190.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 239229234

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076953069455745920

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076953069455745920

System

Kepler-353

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.890 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 570
Mass 0.640 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 570
Orbital period 5.80 d · percentile 60 / cohort 567
Distance 384.69 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 566
ESI 0.587 · percentile 76 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.795 days
Semi-major axis
0.0510 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.11 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.80 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0510 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.033 %

Duration

2.184 h

Impact parameter b

0.270

Rp / R★

0.017910

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.7820

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 334 ppm lasting ≈ 2.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017910

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.270

Impact parameter (b)

0.270

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.7820

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13300

Eq. Temperature

534K

(261 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

27.19

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.587

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-353

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,903 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.59 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.504 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.553 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.751 dex

Stellar density

3.410 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
384.69 parsec
Light-years 1,254.70 ly
V-band magnitude
16.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,126,678 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.918.318.33B16.13V15.72Gaia15.77Kepler14.78TESS17.13Sloan g15.77Sloan r15.19Sloan i14.80Sloan z13.60J12.95H12.81K12.66W112.76W211.89W38.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.571 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.812 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.337 · y = -0.666 · z = 0.666

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.85656° · Dec 41.75807°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.933° · 8.227°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.268° · 61.134°

HTM-20 index

-821193373

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