Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-363 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-363, located approximately 2,487.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.16 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.65 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • An orbital period of 3.615 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0480 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,347 K (1074 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,487.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.225
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,862,697 years

2 siblings around Kepler-363

Kepler-363 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-363 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.16 1.65 3.615 1,347 2014
Kepler-363 c Super-Earth 1.69 66.40 7.542 1,054 2014
Kepler-363 d Sub-Neptune 2.05 4.86 11.932 905 2014

Kepler-363 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.16 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.103 R♃
Mass
1.65 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.81 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.225
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

#147of 570

top 25.6%

This planet

1.16R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-363 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.65317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.811.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,000.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 258349590

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2104466153215402624

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2104466153215402624

System

Kepler-363

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.160 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 570
Mass 1.650 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 570
Orbital period 3.61 d · percentile 40 / cohort 567
Distance 762.60 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 566
ESI 0.225 · percentile 18 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.615 days
Semi-major axis
0.0480 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.02 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.61 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0480 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.006 %

Duration

3.401 h

Impact parameter b

0.060

Rp / R★

0.007519

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.6966

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 65 ppm lasting ≈ 3.40 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007519

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.090

Impact parameter (b)

0.060

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.6966

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06290

Eq. Temperature

1,347K

(1074 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,000.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.225

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-363

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,593 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.485 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.226 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.40

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.152 dex

Stellar density

0.310 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
762.60 parsec
Light-years 2,487.25 ly
V-band magnitude
13.47 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,862,697 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.215.915.90U14.38B13.47V13.32Gaia13.35Kepler12.80TESS15.88Sloan g13.38Sloan r13.23Sloan i13.44Sloan z12.11J11.76H11.70K11.66W111.70W211.65W39.19W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.282 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.967 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.99 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.171 · y = -0.731 · z = 0.660

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.19208° · Dec 41.30542°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.053° · 17.284°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.764° · 63.706°

HTM-20 index

-840326670

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