Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-392 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-392, located approximately 2,222.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.97 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 5.342 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0590 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,125 K (852 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,222.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.284
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,194,108 years

1 sibling around Kepler-392

Kepler-392 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-392 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.00 0.97 5.342 1,125 2014
Kepler-392 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.10 1.37 10.423 901 2014

Kepler-392 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.089 R♃
Mass
0.97 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.284
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

#335of 570

top 58.6%

This planet

1.00R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-392 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.97317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00450.650.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158796434

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2102948483573807616

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2102948483573807616

System

Kepler-392

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.000 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 570
Mass 0.972 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 570
Orbital period 5.34 d · percentile 57 / cohort 567
Distance 681.43 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 566
ESI 0.284 · percentile 34 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.342 days
Semi-major axis
0.0590 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.65 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.34 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0590 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.007 %

Duration

3.043 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Rp / R★

0.007764

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.3014

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 71 ppm lasting ≈ 3.04 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007764

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.480

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.3014

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08660

Eq. Temperature

1,125K

(852 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

450.65

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.284

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-392

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,938 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.97 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.129 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.874 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.44

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.323 dex

Stellar density

0.590 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
681.43 parsec
Light-years 2,222.52 ly
V-band magnitude
13.53 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,194,108 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.114.11B13.53V13.42Gaia13.46Kepler13.03TESS13.79Sloan g13.42Sloan r13.31Sloan i13.31Sloan z12.41J12.15H12.12K12.08W112.11W211.17W38.79W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.439 mas

Total Proper Motion

28.161 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.23 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.233 · y = -0.689 · z = 0.687

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.66083° · Dec 43.36819°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.644° · 14.343°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.953° · 64.687°

HTM-20 index

258530854

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