Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-403 d

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 1.42 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 13.612 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1218 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 958 K (685 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,740.59 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.318
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,330,262 years

2 siblings around Kepler-403

Kepler-403 d 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 this 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 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.42 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.127 R♃
Mass
2.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
4.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.318
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#884of 1176

top 75.1%

This planet

1.42R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-403 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00285.300.037

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 1.420 R⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.600 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 13.61 d · percentile 74 / cohort 1164
Distance 840.27 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.318 · percentile 41 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.612 days
Semi-major axis
0.1218 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.53 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.61 Earth days (3.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1218 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.010 %

Duration

7.508 h

Impact parameter b

0.112

Rp / R★

0.008956

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,977.1721

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 96 ppm lasting ≈ 7.51 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008956

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.956

Impact parameter (b)

0.112

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,977.1721

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14500

Eq. Temperature

958K

(685 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

285.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.318

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

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-403

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,209 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.09 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.450 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.250 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.210 dex

Stellar density

0.220 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-31.09 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/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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