Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-400 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-400, located approximately 2,759.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.83 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 17.341 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1340 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 755 K (482 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,759.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.402
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,658,170 years

1 sibling around Kepler-400

Kepler-400 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-400 b Super-Earth 1.65 3.36 9.024 939 2014
Kepler-400 c this Super-Earth 1.49 2.83 17.341 755 2014

Kepler-400 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.133 R♃
Mass
2.83 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.402
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

#766of 1176

top 65.1%

This planet

1.49R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-400 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.83317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0076.860.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122707140

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101510008826160256

System

Kepler-400

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.490 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.830 M⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 17.34 d · percentile 81 / cohort 1164
Distance 845.97 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.402 · percentile 61 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17.341 days
Semi-major axis
0.1340 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.19 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 17.34 Earth days (4.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1340 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

3.425 h

Impact parameter b

0.170

Rp / R★

0.011989

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.9666

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 171 ppm lasting ≈ 3.43 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011989

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

38.140

Impact parameter (b)

0.170

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.9666

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15800

Eq. Temperature

755K

(482 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

76.86

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.402

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-400

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,886 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.63 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.145 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

2.386 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
845.97 parsec
Light-years 2,759.18 ly
V-band magnitude
13.76 mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,658,170 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.414.614.58B13.76V13.84Gaia13.64Kepler13.40TESS14.08Sloan g13.59Sloan r13.45Sloan i13.40Sloan z12.57J12.29H12.30K12.20W112.23W212.04W38.36W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

4.907 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.93 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.272 · y = -0.710 · z = 0.649

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.94447° · Dec 40.48005°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.692° · 11.584°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.638° · 61.424°

HTM-20 index

1353305647

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