Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-386 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-386, located approximately 2,878.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.58 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 25.193 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1550 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 513 K (240 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,878.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.570
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 50,757,103 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-386

Kepler-386 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-386 b Super-Earth 1.39 2.51 12.310 651 2014
Kepler-386 c this Super-Earth 1.58 3.12 25.193 513 2014

Kepler-386 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.58 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.141 R♃
Mass
3.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 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

#603of 1176

top 51.2%

This planet

1.58R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-386 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0016.660.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 267669725

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129492824571882240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129492824571882240

System

Kepler-386

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.580 R⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.120 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 25.19 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1164
Distance 882.46 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.570 · percentile 79 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.193 days
Semi-major axis
0.1550 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.19 Earth days (6.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1550 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.048 %

Duration

4.634 h

Impact parameter b

0.000

Rp / R★

0.021858

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,979.4321

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 481 ppm lasting ≈ 4.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.021858

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

41.540

Impact parameter (b)

0.000

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,979.4321

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17600

Eq. Temperature

513K

(240 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

16.66

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-386

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,178 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.767 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.825 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.558 dex

Stellar density

1.580 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
882.46 parsec
Light-years 2,878.20 ly
V-band magnitude
15.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 50,757,103 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.916.716.73B15.95V15.62Gaia15.63Kepler15.03TESS16.34Sloan g15.59Sloan r15.33Sloan i15.20Sloan z14.18J13.75H13.61K13.47W113.53W213.20W38.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.105 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.171 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.224 · y = -0.621 · z = 0.751

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.85892° · Dec 48.69381°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.040° · 15.720°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.623° · 69.416°

HTM-20 index

526806299

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