Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-355 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-355, located approximately 4,671.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.71 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 25.762 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1790 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 633 K (360 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,671.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.387
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 82,374,992 years

1 sibling around Kepler-355

Kepler-355 c 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-355 b Super-Earth 1.46 2.73 11.032 840 2014
Kepler-355 c this Sub-Neptune 2.71 7.80 25.762 633 2014

Kepler-355 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.71 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.242 R♃
Mass
7.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.025 M♃
Density
2.15 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.387
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

#849of 1978

top 42.9%

This planet

2.71R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-355 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.151.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0049.970.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 279915745

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105535462635217792

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105535462635217792

System

Kepler-355

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.710 R⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.800 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 25.76 d · percentile 70 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,432.17 pc · percentile 92 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.387 · percentile 50 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.762 days
Semi-major axis
0.1790 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.32 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.76 Earth days (7.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1790 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.062 %

Duration

6.816 h

Impact parameter b

0.260

Rp / R★

0.022795

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,980.7046

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 620 ppm lasting ≈ 6.82 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022795

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.260

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,980.7046

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12500

Eq. Temperature

633K

(360 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

49.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.387

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-355

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,184 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.066 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.933 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.441 dex

Stellar density

0.590 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,432.17 parsec
Light-years 4,671.11 ly
V-band magnitude
15.24 mag
Voyager-speed travel 82,374,992 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.715.715.70B15.24V15.07Gaia15.09Kepler14.61TESS15.52Sloan g15.03Sloan r14.90Sloan i14.86Sloan z14.01J13.59H13.67K13.58W113.60W212.87W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.669 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.759 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.200 · y = -0.706 · z = 0.680

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.79949° · Dec 42.81174°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.263° · 16.045°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.892° · 64.728°

HTM-20 index

1191306485

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