Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-373 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-373, located approximately 3,556.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.42 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.31 g
  • An orbital period of 5.535 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0600 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,054 K (781 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,556.57 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.291
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 62,720,075 years

1 sibling around Kepler-373

Kepler-373 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-373 b this Super-Earth 1.36 2.42 5.535 1,054 2014
Kepler-373 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.24 2.07 16.726 729 2014

Kepler-373 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.121 R♃
Mass
2.42 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
5.29 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.291
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

#981of 1176

top 83.3%

This planet

1.36R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-373 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.42317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.291.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00453.870.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 299218776

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2133124511477266176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2133124511477266176

System

Kepler-373

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.360 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.420 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 5.54 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,090.45 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.291 · percentile 34 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.535 days
Semi-major axis
0.0600 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.54 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0600 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

2.864 h

Impact parameter b

0.160

Rp / R★

0.014566

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.7605

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 261 ppm lasting ≈ 2.86 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014566

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.353

Impact parameter (b)

0.160

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.7605

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05500

Eq. Temperature

1,054K

(781 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

453.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.291

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-373

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,787 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.96 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.845 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.981 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.562 dex

Stellar density

0.430 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,090.45 parsec
Light-years 3,556.57 ly
V-band magnitude
14.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 62,720,075 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.115.06B14.60V14.49Gaia14.51Kepler13.99TESS15.01Sloan g14.46Sloan r14.30Sloan i14.23Sloan z13.28J12.90H12.86K12.84W112.89W212.64W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.888 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.844 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.67 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.211 · y = -0.599 · z = 0.773

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.38799° · Dec 50.59701°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.740° · 16.745°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.043° · 71.283°

HTM-20 index

162817503

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