Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-389 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-389, located approximately 2,663.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.51 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.89 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 3.244 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0410 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,047 K (774 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,663.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.283
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,966,520 years

1 sibling around Kepler-389

Kepler-389 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-389 b this Super-Earth 1.51 2.89 3.244 1,047 2014
Kepler-389 c Super-Earth 1.46 2.73 14.511 636 2014

Kepler-389 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.51 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.135 R♃
Mass
2.89 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.61 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.283
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

#730of 1176

top 62.0%

This planet

1.51R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-389 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.89317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.611.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00167.060.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63074796

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126597569938248064

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126597569938248064

System

Kepler-389

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.510 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.890 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.24 d · percentile 24 / cohort 1164
Distance 816.56 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.283 · percentile 32 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.244 days
Semi-major axis
0.0410 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.24 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0410 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.037 %

Duration

2.094 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.018432

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.9441

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 372 ppm lasting ≈ 2.09 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018432

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.9441

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05020

Eq. Temperature

1,047K

(774 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

167.06

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.283

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-389

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,376 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.86 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.792 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.765 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

2.140 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
816.56 parsec
Light-years 2,663.26 ly
V-band magnitude
15.77 mag
Voyager-speed travel 46,966,520 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.816.75B15.77V15.75Gaia15.77Kepler15.17TESS16.44Sloan g15.72Sloan r15.48Sloan i15.34Sloan z14.42J13.90H13.90K13.79W113.90W213.16W39.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.197 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.635 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.95 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.265 · y = -0.657 · z = 0.706

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.96001° · Dec 44.90006°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.096° · 12.836°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.442° · 65.360°

HTM-20 index

543356121

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