Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-358 c

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 2.85 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 83.488 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3810 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 411 K (138 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,591.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.558
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 63,332,638 years

1 sibling around Kepler-358

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

Kepler-358 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.85 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.254 R♃
Mass
8.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
2.02 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.558
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

#685of 1978

top 34.6%

This planet

2.85R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-358 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.021.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.006.600.037

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 2.850 R⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.500 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 83.49 d · percentile 92 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,101.10 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.558 · percentile 77 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
83.488 days
Semi-major axis
0.3810 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.75 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 83.49 Earth days (22.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3810 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.096 %

Duration

6.088 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.027700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,021.5381

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 955 ppm lasting ≈ 6.09 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

107.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,021.5381

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.34600

Eq. Temperature

411K

(138 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

6.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.558

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

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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