Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-384 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-384, located approximately 2,921.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.51 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • An orbital period of 45.348 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2360 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 531 K (258 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,921.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.595
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,517,256 years

1 sibling around Kepler-384

Kepler-384 c 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-384 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.12 1.46 22.597 670 2014
Kepler-384 c this Rocky Terrestrial 1.13 1.51 45.348 531 2014

Kepler-384 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.101 R♃
Mass
1.51 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.595
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

#180of 570

top 31.4%

This planet

1.13R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-384 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.51317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0040.100.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158114249

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106306495162679552

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106306495162679552

System

Kepler-384

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.130 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 570
Mass 1.510 M⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 570
Orbital period 45.35 d · percentile 99 / cohort 567
Distance 895.68 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 566
ESI 0.595 · percentile 77 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
45.348 days
Semi-major axis
0.2360 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 45.35 Earth days (12.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2360 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.016 %

Duration

4.657 h

Impact parameter b

0.100

Rp / R★

0.012116

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,975.2508

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 163 ppm lasting ≈ 4.66 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012116

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

73.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.100

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,975.2508

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26300

Eq. Temperature

531K

(258 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

40.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.595

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-384

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,577 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.88 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.882 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.882 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.475 dex

Stellar density

0.210 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
895.68 parsec
Light-years 2,921.31 ly
V-band magnitude
13.73 mag
Voyager-speed travel 51,517,256 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.214.514.53B13.73V13.55Gaia13.58Kepler13.10TESS14.04Sloan g13.54Sloan r13.39Sloan i13.32Sloan z12.42J12.08H12.04K11.99W112.04W211.90W39.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.088 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.464 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.46 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.196 · y = -0.682 · z = 0.704

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.02611° · Dec 44.78286°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.229° · 16.637°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.542° · 66.586°

HTM-20 index

-1952871808

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