Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-364 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-364, located approximately 2,907.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.27 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 59.981 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3120 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 568 K (295 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,907.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.468
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,274,761 years

1 sibling around Kepler-364

Kepler-364 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-364 b Super-Earth 1.55 3.02 25.746 753 2014
Kepler-364 c this Sub-Neptune 2.15 5.27 59.981 568 2014

Kepler-364 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.192 R♃
Mass
5.27 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.017 M♃
Density
2.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.468
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

#1741of 1978

top 88.0%

This planet

2.15R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-364 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.27317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0022.230.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123358019

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2119591206965104768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2119591206965104768

System

Kepler-364

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.150 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.270 M⊕ · percentile 12 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 59.98 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1946
Distance 891.46 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.468 · percentile 66 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
59.981 days
Semi-major axis
0.3120 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.03 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 59.98 Earth days (16.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3120 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

6.582 h

Impact parameter b

0.270

Rp / R★

0.015524

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,009.1503

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 282 ppm lasting ≈ 6.58 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015524

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

66.160

Impact parameter (b)

0.270

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,009.1503

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35000

Eq. Temperature

568K

(295 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

22.23

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.468

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-364

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,108 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.63 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.284 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.076 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.273 dex

Stellar density

0.500 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
891.46 parsec
Light-years 2,907.56 ly
V-band magnitude
13.75 mag
Voyager-speed travel 51,274,761 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.814.82B13.75V13.61Gaia13.66Kepler13.23TESS13.95Sloan g13.59Sloan r13.54Sloan i13.52Sloan z12.68J12.42H12.39K12.37W112.39W212.82W39.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.093 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.700 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.136 · y = -0.663 · z = 0.736

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.57000° · Dec 47.39862°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.697° · 20.438°

Ecliptic λ, β

293.271° · 69.905°

HTM-20 index

1694269516

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