Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-365 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-365, located approximately 3,388.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.33 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.24 g
  • An orbital period of 17.784 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1370 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 729 K (456 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,388.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.404
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 59,760,219 years

1 sibling around Kepler-365

Kepler-365 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-365 b Sub-Neptune 2.04 4.82 10.665 865 2014
Kepler-365 c this Super-Earth 1.64 3.33 17.784 729 2014

Kepler-365 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.146 R♃
Mass
3.33 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
4.15 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.24 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.404
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

#495of 1176

top 42.0%

This planet

1.64R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-365 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.33317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.151.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.242.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0066.870.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27530849

System

Kepler-365

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.640 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.330 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 17.78 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,038.99 pc · percentile 82 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.404 · percentile 61 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17.784 days
Semi-major axis
0.1370 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 17.78 Earth days (4.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1370 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.025 %

Duration

3.862 h

Impact parameter b

0.220

Rp / R★

0.014378

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,979.9052

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 247 ppm lasting ≈ 3.86 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014378

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.260

Impact parameter (b)

0.220

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,979.9052

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13200

Eq. Temperature

729K

(456 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

66.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.404

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-365

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,012 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.048 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.434 dex

Stellar density

2.006 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,038.99 parsec
Light-years 3,388.73 ly
V-band magnitude
14.77 mag
Voyager-speed travel 59,760,219 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.315.515.50B14.77V14.65Kepler13.88TESS15.14Sloan g14.61Sloan r14.44Sloan i14.41Sloan z13.48J13.16H13.15K13.01W113.04W212.65W39.31W4

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