Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-403 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-403, located approximately 2,740.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.34 g
  • An orbital period of 7.031 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0760 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,194 K (921 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,740.59 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.254
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,330,262 years

2 siblings around Kepler-403

Kepler-403 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-403 b this Super-Earth 1.25 2.10 7.031 1,194 2014
Kepler-403 d Super-Earth 1.42 2.60 13.612 958 2016
Kepler-403 c Super-Earth 1.75 3.71 54.281 604 2014

Kepler-403 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.112 R♃
Mass
2.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.254
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

#1161of 1176

top 98.6%

This planet

1.25R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-403 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00689.460.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159174926

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127815657021840128

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127815657021840128

System

Kepler-403

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.250 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.100 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.03 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1164
Distance 840.27 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.254 · percentile 24 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.031 days
Semi-major axis
0.0760 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.91 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.03 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0760 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.009 %

Duration

5.848 h

Impact parameter b

0.110

Rp / R★

0.008449

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.4516

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 85 ppm lasting ≈ 5.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008449

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.165

Impact parameter (b)

0.110

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.4516

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09040

Eq. Temperature

1,194K

(921 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

689.46

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.254

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-403

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

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

Estimated Age

3.09 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.329 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.299 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.266 dex

Stellar density

0.220 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-31.09 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
840.27 parsec
Light-years 2,740.59 ly
V-band magnitude
12.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,330,262 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.213.513.48B12.82V12.76Gaia12.81Kepler12.37TESS13.13Sloan g12.74Sloan r12.67Sloan i12.64Sloan z11.83J11.58H11.54K11.44W111.49W211.33W39.16W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.162 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.807 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.233 · y = -0.644 · z = 0.728

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.92143° · Dec 46.74453°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.206° · 14.899°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.762° · 67.589°

HTM-20 index

1804254281

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