Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-358 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-358, located approximately 3,591.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.72 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.85 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 34.060 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2100 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 554 K (281 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,591.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.438
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 63,332,638 years

1 sibling around Kepler-358

Kepler-358 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-358 b this Sub-Neptune 2.72 7.85 34.060 554 2014
Kepler-358 c Sub-Neptune 2.85 8.50 83.488 411 2014

Kepler-358 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.72 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.243 R♃
Mass
7.85 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.025 M♃
Density
2.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.438
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

#838of 1978

top 42.3%

This planet

2.72R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-358 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.85317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0021.810.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26815908

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128902558627267200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128902558627267200

System

Kepler-358

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.720 R⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.850 M⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 34.06 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,101.10 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.438 · percentile 60 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
34.060 days
Semi-major axis
0.2100 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.36 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 34.06 Earth days (9.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2100 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.082 %

Duration

2.461 h

Impact parameter b

0.380

Rp / R★

0.028309

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.3633

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 819 ppm lasting ≈ 2.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028309

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

59.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.380

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.3633

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19100

Eq. Temperature

554K

(281 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

21.81

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.438

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-358

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,908 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.954 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.504 dex

Stellar density

2.434 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,101.10 parsec
Light-years 3,591.30 ly
V-band magnitude
15.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 63,332,638 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.816.316.34B15.52V15.36Gaia15.38Kepler14.86TESS15.89Sloan g15.32Sloan r15.15Sloan i15.10Sloan z14.11J13.79H13.65K13.56W113.58W213.19W39.79W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.880 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.187 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.262 · y = -0.612 · z = 0.746

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.23023° · Dec 48.28139°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.613° · 13.517°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.814° · 68.137°

HTM-20 index

-580377710

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