Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-394 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-394, located approximately 3,453.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.19 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 8.005 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0830 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,035 K (762 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,453.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.282
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 60,895,041 years

2 siblings around Kepler-394

Kepler-394 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-394 d Super-Earth 1.50 2.86 5.614 1,165 2021
Kepler-394 b this Super-Earth 1.60 3.19 8.005 1,035 2014
Kepler-394 c Super-Earth 1.66 3.39 12.131 901 2014

Kepler-394 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.143 R♃
Mass
3.19 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.282
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

#570of 1176

top 48.4%

This planet

1.60R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-394 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.19317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00164.780.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27777414

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2135378231142791808

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2135378231142791808

System

Kepler-394

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.600 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.190 M⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 8.01 d · percentile 57 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,058.72 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.282 · percentile 32 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.005 days
Semi-major axis
0.0830 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.01 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0830 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

3.419 h

Impact parameter b

0.240

Rp / R★

0.012616

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.7107

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 188 ppm lasting ≈ 3.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012616

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.640

Impact parameter (b)

0.240

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.7107

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07840

Eq. Temperature

1,035K

(762 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

164.78

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.282

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-394

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,402 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.25 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.132 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.408 dex

Stellar density

0.910 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,058.72 parsec
Light-years 3,453.08 ly
V-band magnitude
14.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 60,895,041 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.615.415.40B14.95V14.77Gaia14.79Kepler14.34TESS15.17Sloan g14.74Sloan r14.63Sloan i14.60Sloan z13.72J13.44H13.38K13.33W113.40W212.96W39.55W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.916 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.829 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.22 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.281 · y = -0.568 · z = 0.774

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.30198° · Dec 50.67231°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.726° · 12.803°

Ecliptic λ, β

322.743° · 69.341°

HTM-20 index

-17145068

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