Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-403 c

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 1.75 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 54.281 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2970 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 604 K (331 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,740.59 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.474
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,330,262 years

2 siblings around Kepler-403

Kepler-403 c 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 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 this Super-Earth 1.75 3.71 54.281 604 2014

Kepler-403 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.75 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.156 R♃
Mass
3.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.474
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

#326of 1176

top 27.6%

This planet

1.75R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-403 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0045.150.037

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 1.750 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.710 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 54.28 d · percentile 96 / cohort 1164
Distance 840.27 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.474 · percentile 70 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
54.281 days
Semi-major axis
0.2970 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 54.28 Earth days (14.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2970 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

5.373 h

Impact parameter b

0.530

Rp / R★

0.011788

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,973.7172

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 148 ppm lasting ≈ 5.37 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011788

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

41.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.530

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,973.7172

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35300

Eq. Temperature

604K

(331 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

45.15

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.474

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-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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