Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-399 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-399, located approximately 2,415.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.96 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.84 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.91 g
  • An orbital period of 14.425 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1030 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 773 K (500 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,415.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.420
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 42,593,916 years

2 siblings around Kepler-399

Kepler-399 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-399 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.96 0.84 14.425 773 2014
Kepler-399 c Super-Earth 1.43 2.63 26.676 630 2014
Kepler-399 d Super-Earth 1.89 4.23 58.035 486 2014

Kepler-399 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.96 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.086 R♃
Mass
0.84 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.420
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

#366of 570

top 64.0%

This planet

0.96R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-399 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.84317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0035.630.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 172373693

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2075060264503601280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2075060264503601280

System

Kepler-399

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.960 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 570
Mass 0.840 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 570
Orbital period 14.43 d · percentile 87 / cohort 567
Distance 740.54 pc · percentile 81 / cohort 566
ESI 0.420 · percentile 62 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.425 days
Semi-major axis
0.1030 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.43 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1030 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.022 %

Duration

3.686 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.013543

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.7520

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 219 ppm lasting ≈ 3.69 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013543

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.750

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.7520

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13900

Eq. Temperature

773K

(500 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

35.63

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.420

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-399

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,502 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.680 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.902 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

3.030 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
740.54 parsec
Light-years 2,415.31 ly
V-band magnitude
14.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 42,593,916 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.615.56B14.69V14.53Gaia14.47Kepler13.99TESS15.02Sloan g14.44Sloan r14.23Sloan i14.10Sloan z13.18J12.78H12.70K12.56W112.61W212.02W39.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.734 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.259 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.67 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.374 · y = -0.660 · z = 0.652

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 299.50172° · Dec 40.67077°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.991° · 5.961°

Ecliptic λ, β

317.151° · 59.375°

HTM-20 index

-725349479

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