Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-354 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-354, located approximately 1,807.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 5.477 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0540 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 741 K (468 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,807.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.382
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,868,436 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-354

Kepler-354 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-354 b this Super-Earth 1.84 4.04 5.477 741 2014
Kepler-354 c Super-Earth 1.31 2.27 16.934 508 2014
Kepler-354 d Rocky Terrestrial 1.24 2.07 24.210 451 2014

Kepler-354 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.164 R♃
Mass
4.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.382
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

#201of 1176

top 17.0%

This planet

1.84R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-354 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0064.850.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120578185

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2103860562828483712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2103860562828483712

System

Kepler-354

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.840 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.040 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 5.48 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1164
Distance 554.06 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.382 · percentile 57 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.477 days
Semi-major axis
0.0540 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.48 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0540 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.065 %

Duration

2.503 h

Impact parameter b

0.730

Rp / R★

0.026032

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.7020

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 648 ppm lasting ≈ 2.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026032

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.120

Impact parameter (b)

0.730

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.7020

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09750

Eq. Temperature

741K

(468 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

64.85

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.382

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-354

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,648 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

13.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.674 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.652 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.627 dex

Stellar density

1.916 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
554.06 parsec
Light-years 1,807.11 ly
V-band magnitude
15.77 mag
Voyager-speed travel 31,868,436 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.917.017.04B15.77V15.56Gaia15.55Kepler14.86TESS16.51Sloan g15.49Sloan r15.14Sloan i14.97Sloan z13.88J13.26H13.16K13.12W113.16W212.78W38.88W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.776 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.881 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

9.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.204 · y = -0.723 · z = 0.660

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.75153° · Dec 41.33567°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.832° · 15.512°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.981° · 63.307°

HTM-20 index

1986258038

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