Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-381 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-381, located approximately 871.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.96 g
  • An orbital period of 5.629 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0660 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,576 K (1303 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 871.89 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.193
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,375,779 years

2 siblings around Kepler-381

Kepler-381 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-381 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.99 0.94 5.629 1,576 2014
Kepler-381 d Rocky Terrestrial 1.07 1.23 8.256 1,387 2021
Kepler-381 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.12 1.46 13.392 1,180 2014

Kepler-381 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.088 R♃
Mass
0.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.193
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

#346of 570

top 60.5%

This planet

0.99R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-381 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00716.090.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164884235

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105835281411929728

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105835281411929728

System

Kepler-381

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.990 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 570
Mass 0.937 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 570
Orbital period 5.63 d · percentile 59 / cohort 567
Distance 267.32 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 566
ESI 0.193 · percentile 13 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.629 days
Semi-major axis
0.0660 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.63 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0660 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.004 %

Duration

3.913 h

Impact parameter b

0.290

Rp / R★

0.005807

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.7462

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 38 ppm lasting ≈ 3.91 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.005807

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.290

Impact parameter (b)

0.290

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.7462

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24700

Eq. Temperature

1,576K

(1303 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

716.09

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.193

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-381

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,152 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.568 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.144 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.120 dex

Stellar density

0.370 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-2.03 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
267.32 parsec
Light-years 871.89 ly
V-band magnitude
10.47 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,375,779 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.011.111.08B10.47V10.55Gaia10.42Kepler10.22TESS11.05Sloan g10.48Sloan r9.72J9.55H9.50K9.48W19.50W29.43W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.712 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.890 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

14.97 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.189 · y = -0.696 · z = 0.693

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.18287° · Dec 43.83103°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.072° · 16.843°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.474° · 65.828°

HTM-20 index

170532617

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