Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-383 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-383, located approximately 1,532.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.32 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 12.905 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0950 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 545 K (272 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,532.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.570
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,033,275 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-383

Kepler-383 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-383 b this Super-Earth 1.32 2.30 12.905 545 2014
Kepler-383 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.24 2.07 31.201 406 2014

Kepler-383 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.32 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.118 R♃
Mass
2.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.570
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

#1049of 1176

top 89.1%

This planet

1.32R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-383 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0020.910.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137150599

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052634109935669376

System

Kepler-383

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.320 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.300 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 12.90 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1164
Distance 470.00 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.570 · percentile 79 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.905 days
Semi-major axis
0.0950 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.77 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.90 Earth days (3.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0950 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.041 %

Duration

3.322 h

Impact parameter b

0.330

Rp / R★

0.018274

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,977.3199

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 412 ppm lasting ≈ 3.32 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018274

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

30.580

Impact parameter (b)

0.330

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,977.3199

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20200

Eq. Temperature

545K

(272 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

20.91

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.570

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-383

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

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

Estimated Age

13.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.672 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.669 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.624 dex

Stellar density

3.249 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
470.00 parsec
Light-years 1,532.93 ly
V-band magnitude
15.47 mag
Voyager-speed travel 27,033,275 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.318.318.27U16.49B15.47V15.07Gaia15.07Kepler14.38TESS15.98Sloan g14.99Sloan r14.64Sloan i14.44Sloan z13.37J12.81H12.67K12.66W112.75W212.15W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

8.788 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.67 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.285 · y = -0.730 · z = 0.621

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.34261° · Dec 38.36316°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.896° · 10.373°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.990° · 59.309°

HTM-20 index

2137223657

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