Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-370 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-370, located approximately 3,809.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.59 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.15 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 4.580 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0540 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,040 K (767 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,809.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.281
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 67,177,114 years

1 sibling around Kepler-370

Kepler-370 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-370 b this Super-Earth 1.59 3.15 4.580 1,040 2014
Kepler-370 c Super-Earth 1.91 4.31 19.023 647 2014

Kepler-370 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.59 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.142 R♃
Mass
3.15 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.281
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

#588of 1176

top 49.9%

This planet

1.59R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-370 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.15317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00361.510.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137411225

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053578521704124160

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053578521704124160

System

Kepler-370

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.590 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.150 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.58 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,167.94 pc · percentile 88 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.281 · percentile 31 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.580 days
Semi-major axis
0.0540 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.58 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0540 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

3.282 h

Impact parameter b

0.910

Rp / R★

0.013250

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.0973

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 207 ppm lasting ≈ 3.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013250

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.407

Impact parameter (b)

0.910

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.0973

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04620

Eq. Temperature

1,040K

(767 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

361.51

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.281

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-370

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,852 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.03 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.982 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.531 dex

Stellar density

0.930 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,167.94 parsec
Light-years 3,809.31 ly
V-band magnitude
15.47 mag
Voyager-speed travel 67,177,114 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.116.11B15.47V15.16Gaia15.20Kepler14.67TESS15.71Sloan g15.14Sloan r14.98Sloan i14.89Sloan z13.98J13.65H13.55K13.56W113.62W212.33W39.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.828 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.718 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.285 · y = -0.700 · z = 0.655

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.17107° · Dec 40.91624°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.510° · 10.943°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.772° · 61.555°

HTM-20 index

1843226159

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