Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-356 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-356, located approximately 2,307.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.81 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.93 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 13.122 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1150 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 913 K (640 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,307.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.310
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 40,697,101 years

1 sibling around Kepler-356

Kepler-356 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-356 b Super-Earth 1.57 3.09 4.613 1,294 2014
Kepler-356 c this Super-Earth 1.81 3.93 13.122 913 2014

Kepler-356 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.81 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.161 R♃
Mass
3.93 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.310
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

#248of 1176

top 21.0%

This planet

1.81R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-356 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.93317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00209.370.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137636895

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2051842839520109568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2051842839520109568

System

Kepler-356

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.810 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.930 M⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 13.12 d · percentile 73 / cohort 1164
Distance 707.56 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.310 · percentile 39 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.122 days
Semi-major axis
0.1150 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.29 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.12 Earth days (3.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1150 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.020 %

Duration

3.626 h

Impact parameter b

0.160

Rp / R★

0.013190

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.3931

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 197 ppm lasting ≈ 3.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013190

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.160

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.3931

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16300

Eq. Temperature

913K

(640 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

209.37

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.310

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-356

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,133 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.335 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.163 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.256 dex

Stellar density

0.420 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
707.56 parsec
Light-years 2,307.75 ly
V-band magnitude
13.06 mag
Voyager-speed travel 40,697,101 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.015.115.14U13.87B13.06V12.97Gaia12.99Kepler12.56TESS14.63Sloan g13.08Sloan r14.42Sloan i13.56Sloan z12.00J11.75H11.70K11.67W111.70W211.59W38.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.385 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.683 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.73 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.302 · y = -0.732 · z = 0.611

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.42110° · Dec 37.68279°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.669° · 9.308°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.186° · 58.414°

HTM-20 index

1235269111

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