Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-360 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-360, located approximately 2,857.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.65 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.36 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • An orbital period of 3.290 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0440 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,116 K (843 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,857.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.257
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 50,387,955 years

1 sibling around Kepler-360

Kepler-360 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-360 b this Super-Earth 1.65 3.36 3.290 1,116 2014
Kepler-360 c Sub-Neptune 2.10 5.06 7.186 860 2014

Kepler-360 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.65 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.147 R♃
Mass
3.36 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
4.11 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.257
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

#485of 1176

top 41.2%

This planet

1.65R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-360 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.36317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.111.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00415.430.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158213532

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106316012810255104

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106316012810255104

System

Kepler-360

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.650 R⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.360 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.29 d · percentile 24 / cohort 1164
Distance 876.04 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.257 · percentile 25 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.290 days
Semi-major axis
0.0440 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.29 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0440 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.025 %

Duration

2.312 h

Impact parameter b

0.070

Rp / R★

0.014398

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.7560

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 246 ppm lasting ≈ 2.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014398

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.948

Impact parameter (b)

0.070

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.7560

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05020

Eq. Temperature

1,116K

(843 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

415.43

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.257

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-360

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,053 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.058 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.994 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.423 dex

Stellar density

1.310 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
876.04 parsec
Light-years 2,857.27 ly
V-band magnitude
15.01 mag
Voyager-speed travel 50,387,955 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.315.10B15.01V14.81Gaia14.87Kepler14.33TESS15.31Sloan g14.78Sloan r14.67Sloan i14.54Sloan z13.64J13.30H13.23K13.21W113.26W212.65W39.49W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.113 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.920 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.31 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.199 · y = -0.681 · z = 0.704

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.28471° · Dec 44.78158°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.300° · 16.467°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.984° · 66.534°

HTM-20 index

-1988980504

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