Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-393 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-393, located approximately 2,874.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.33 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.33 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 14.614 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1240 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 901 K (628 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,874.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.346
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 50,696,249 years

1 sibling around Kepler-393

Kepler-393 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-393 b Super-Earth 1.29 2.21 9.182 1,052 2014
Kepler-393 c this Super-Earth 1.33 2.33 14.614 901 2014

Kepler-393 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.33 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.119 R♃
Mass
2.33 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.346
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

#1022of 1176

top 86.8%

This planet

1.33R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-393 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.33317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00231.210.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159580535

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127390970655877888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127390970655877888

System

Kepler-393

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.330 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.330 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 14.61 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1164
Distance 881.40 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.346 · percentile 49 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.614 days
Semi-major axis
0.1240 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.77 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.61 Earth days (4.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1240 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.007 %

Duration

5.401 h

Impact parameter b

0.760

Rp / R★

0.008003

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,973.4124

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 75 ppm lasting ≈ 5.40 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008003

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.450

Impact parameter (b)

0.760

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,973.4124

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14100

Eq. Temperature

901K

(628 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

231.21

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.346

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-393

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,189 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.82 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.382 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.256 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.233 dex

Stellar density

0.380 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
881.40 parsec
Light-years 2,874.75 ly
V-band magnitude
13.26 mag
Voyager-speed travel 50,696,249 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.114.11B13.26V13.18Gaia13.22Kepler12.82TESS13.49Sloan g13.18Sloan r13.11Sloan i13.08Sloan z12.33J12.09H12.00K12.00W112.03W212.02W39.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.106 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.391 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.252 · y = -0.658 · z = 0.709

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.99521° · Dec 45.19219°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.068° · 13.577°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.147° · 65.874°

HTM-20 index

1596418470

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