Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-404 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-404, located approximately 2,650.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.15 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 11.830 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1020 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 730 K (457 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,650.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.430
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,734,436 years

1 sibling around Kepler-404

Kepler-404 b 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-404 b this Super-Earth 1.27 2.15 11.830 730 2014
Kepler-404 c Super-Earth 1.72 3.61 14.751 678 2014

Kepler-404 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.113 R♃
Mass
2.15 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.430
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

#1135of 1176

top 96.4%

This planet

1.27R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-404 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.15317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0044.530.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158268972

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106431392811409536

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106431392811409536

System

Kepler-404

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.270 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.150 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 11.83 d · percentile 69 / cohort 1164
Distance 812.52 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.430 · percentile 65 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.830 days
Semi-major axis
0.1020 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.38 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.83 Earth days (3.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1020 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

5.635 h

Impact parameter b

0.560

Rp / R★

0.012612

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.6176

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 191 ppm lasting ≈ 5.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012612

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

26.470

Impact parameter (b)

0.560

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.6176

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12600

Eq. Temperature

730K

(457 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

44.53

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.430

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-404

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,654 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.35 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.884 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.543 dex

Stellar density

1.780 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
812.52 parsec
Light-years 2,650.10 ly
V-band magnitude
15.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 46,734,436 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.316.34B15.48V15.19Gaia15.23Kepler14.67TESS15.77Sloan g15.15Sloan r15.00Sloan i14.91Sloan z13.91J13.53H13.48K13.41W113.45W212.62W39.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.202 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.655 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.63 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.198 · y = -0.674 · z = 0.711

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.39858° · Dec 45.34352°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.875° · 16.603°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.585° · 67.050°

HTM-20 index

-1977940394

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