Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-361 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-361, located approximately 3,034.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.45 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 8.487 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0860 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,060 K (787 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,034.29 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.283
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 53,509,781 years

1 sibling around Kepler-361

Kepler-361 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-361 b this Super-Earth 1.45 2.70 8.487 1,060 2014
Kepler-361 c Sub-Neptune 2.52 6.90 55.188 568 2014

Kepler-361 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.45 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.129 R♃
Mass
2.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
4.87 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.283
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

#837of 1176

top 71.1%

This planet

1.45R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-361 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.871.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00411.910.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272601590

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080340222407746816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080340222407746816

System

Kepler-361

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.450 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.700 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 8.49 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1164
Distance 930.32 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.283 · percentile 32 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.487 days
Semi-major axis
0.0860 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.49 Earth days (2.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0860 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.012 %

Duration

5.176 h

Impact parameter b

0.270

Rp / R★

0.010044

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.0173

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 119 ppm lasting ≈ 5.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010044

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.419

Impact parameter (b)

0.270

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.0173

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09240

Eq. Temperature

1,060K

(787 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

411.91

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.283

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-361

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,169 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.89 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.343 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.191 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.254 dex

Stellar density

0.380 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
930.32 parsec
Light-years 3,034.29 ly
V-band magnitude
13.64 mag
Voyager-speed travel 53,509,781 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.514.314.31B13.64V13.54Gaia13.57Kepler13.12TESS13.94Sloan g13.51Sloan r13.42Sloan i13.35Sloan z12.53J12.28H12.20K12.15W112.19W212.25W39.49W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.046 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.757 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.78 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.309 · y = -0.612 · z = 0.728

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.80341° · Dec 46.74110°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.338° · 10.667°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.694° · 65.710°

HTM-20 index

-2126824479

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