Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-366 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-366, located approximately 6,054.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 12.516 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1100 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 848 K (575 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,054.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.336
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 106,768,784 years

1 sibling around Kepler-366

Kepler-366 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-366 b Super-Earth 1.46 2.73 3.282 1,326 2014
Kepler-366 c this Super-Earth 1.79 3.86 12.516 848 2014

Kepler-366 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.160 R♃
Mass
3.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.336
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

#271of 1176

top 23.0%

This planet

1.79R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-366 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00286.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27914560

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086824935828106496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086824935828106496

System

Kepler-366

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.790 R⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.860 M⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 12.52 d · percentile 71 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,856.28 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.336 · percentile 47 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.516 days
Semi-major axis
0.1100 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.93 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.52 Earth days (3.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1100 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

4.838 h

Impact parameter b

0.200

Rp / R★

0.015832

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.0286

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 263 ppm lasting ≈ 4.84 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015832

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.200

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.0286

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05930

Eq. Temperature

848K

(575 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

286.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.336

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-366

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,209 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.61 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.048 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.088 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.452 dex

Stellar density

0.220 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,856.28 parsec
Light-years 6,054.37 ly
V-band magnitude
14.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 106,768,784 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.715.72B14.95V14.79Gaia14.84Kepler14.34TESS15.26Sloan g14.77Sloan r14.66Sloan i14.57Sloan z13.71J13.39H13.35K13.33W113.41W212.74W39.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.510 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.276 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.28 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.296 · y = -0.584 · z = 0.756

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.85203° · Dec 49.08444°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.457° · 11.750°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.472° · 67.782°

HTM-20 index

1941055679

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