Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-402 e

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-402, located approximately 2,039.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 11.243 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1020 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 931 K (658 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,039.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.325
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,968,003 years

3 siblings around Kepler-402

Kepler-402 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-402 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.22 1.98 4.029 1,311 2014
Kepler-402 c Super-Earth 1.56 3.05 6.125 1,140 2014
Kepler-402 d Super-Earth 1.38 2.48 8.921 1,006 2014
Kepler-402 e this Super-Earth 1.46 2.73 11.243 931 2014

Kepler-402 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.130 R♃
Mass
2.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.82 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.325
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

#819of 1176

top 69.6%

This planet

1.46R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-402 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.821.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00157.480.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158725491

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2102954187290293120

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2102954187290293120

System

Kepler-402

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.460 R⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.730 M⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 11.24 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1164
Distance 625.34 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.325 · percentile 44 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.243 days
Semi-major axis
0.1020 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.24 Earth days (3.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1020 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

4.194 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.010490

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.3166

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 142 ppm lasting ≈ 4.19 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010490

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.3166

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16300

Eq. Temperature

931K

(658 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

157.48

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.325

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-402

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,090 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.264 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.072 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.278 dex

Stellar density

0.840 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

4.34 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
625.34 parsec
Light-years 2,039.58 ly
V-band magnitude
13.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,968,003 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.413.913.88B13.27V13.19Gaia13.27Kepler12.82TESS13.57Sloan g13.22Sloan r13.14Sloan i13.13Sloan z12.30J12.08H11.99K11.92W111.95W211.85W39.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.570 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.422 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.229 · y = -0.690 · z = 0.687

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.37020° · Dec 43.35461°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.543° · 14.530°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.472° · 64.736°

HTM-20 index

246497150

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