Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-404 c

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 1.72 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.61 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 14.751 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1180 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 678 K (405 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,650.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.427
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,734,436 years

1 sibling around Kepler-404

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

Kepler-404 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.72 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.153 R♃
Mass
3.61 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.427
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

#373of 1176

top 31.6%

This planet

1.72R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-404 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.61317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0033.150.037

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 1.720 R⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.610 M⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 14.75 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1164
Distance 812.52 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.427 · percentile 64 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.751 days
Semi-major axis
0.1180 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.75 Earth days (4.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1180 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

1.166 h

Impact parameter b

0.850

Rp / R★

0.017404

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.1376

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 261 ppm lasting ≈ 1.17 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017404

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

41.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.850

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.1376

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14500

Eq. Temperature

678K

(405 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

33.15

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.427

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-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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