Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-367 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-367, located approximately 613.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 37.816 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2010 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 401 K (128 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 613.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.743
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,814,863 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-367

Kepler-367 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-367 b this Super-Earth 1.30 2.24 37.816 401 2014
Kepler-367 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.20 1.87 53.579 357 2014

Kepler-367 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.116 R♃
Mass
2.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.743
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

#1090of 1176

top 92.6%

This planet

1.30R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-367 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005.990.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 28159518

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2087250476887856256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2087250476887856256

System

Kepler-367

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.300 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.240 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 37.82 d · percentile 94 / cohort 1164
Distance 188.03 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.743 · percentile 87 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
37.816 days
Semi-major axis
0.2010 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.43 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 37.82 Earth days (10.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2010 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

4.631 h

Impact parameter b

0.900

Rp / R★

0.014710

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.0980

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 276 ppm lasting ≈ 4.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014710

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

64.190

Impact parameter (b)

0.900

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.0980

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.07000

Eq. Temperature

401K

(128 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5.99

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.743

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-367

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,710 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.695 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.768 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.631 dex

Stellar density

2.150 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-23.81 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
188.03 parsec
Light-years 613.26 ly
V-band magnitude
13.19 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,814,863 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.514.214.22B13.19V12.85Gaia12.88Kepler12.20TESS13.71Sloan g12.80Sloan r12.52Sloan i12.38Sloan z11.24J10.75H10.67K10.59W110.66W210.67W39.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.290 mas

Total Proper Motion

29.471 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

16.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

24.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.295 · y = -0.571 · z = 0.766

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.29256° · Dec 49.98175°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.403° · 11.921°

Ecliptic λ, β

323.311° · 68.427°

HTM-20 index

-928870999

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