Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-374 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-374, located approximately 4,127.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.03 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.08 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.02 g
  • An orbital period of 1.898 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0290 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,761 K (1488 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,127.86 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.169
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 72,794,859 years

2 siblings around Kepler-374

Kepler-374 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-374 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.03 1.08 1.898 1,761 2014
Kepler-374 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.10 1.37 3.283 1,467 2014
Kepler-374 d Super-Earth 1.31 2.27 5.028 1,272 2014

Kepler-374 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.03 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.092 R♃
Mass
1.08 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.169
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

#297of 570

top 51.9%

This planet

1.03R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-374 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.08317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.022.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,014.660.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270863576

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077745168807120128

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077745168807120128

System

Kepler-374

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.030 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 570
Mass 1.080 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.90 d · percentile 20 / cohort 567
Distance 1,265.61 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 566
ESI 0.169 · percentile 8 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.898 days
Semi-major axis
0.0290 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.55 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.90 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0290 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

2.641 h

Impact parameter b

0.050

Rp / R★

0.010600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.6785

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 132 ppm lasting ≈ 2.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.443

Impact parameter (b)

0.050

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.6785

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02290

Eq. Temperature

1,761K

(1488 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,014.66

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.169

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-374

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,977 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.51 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.911 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.033 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.479 dex

Stellar density

0.450 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,265.61 parsec
Light-years 4,127.86 ly
V-band magnitude
14.70 mag
Voyager-speed travel 72,794,859 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.515.46B14.70V14.66Gaia14.69Kepler14.18TESS15.17Sloan g14.65Sloan r14.48Sloan i14.39Sloan z13.50J13.18H13.14K13.09W113.15W212.57W39.23W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.762 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.598 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.302 · y = -0.674 · z = 0.674

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.13789° · Dec 42.37041°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.507° · 10.294°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.757° · 62.436°

HTM-20 index

-859797177

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