Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-405 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-405, located approximately 3,473.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.08 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • An orbital period of 10.614 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0950 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 785 K (512 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,473.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.345
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 61,260,853 years

1 sibling around Kepler-405

Kepler-405 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-405 b this Sub-Neptune 2.08 4.98 10.614 785 2014
Kepler-405 c Neptune-like 4.66 19.60 29.727 557 2014

Kepler-405 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.08 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.186 R♃
Mass
4.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
3.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.345
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

#1846of 1978

top 93.3%

This planet

2.08R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-405 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0055.620.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137150544

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052726984308676864

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052726984308676864

System

Kepler-405

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.080 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.980 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.61 d · percentile 36 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,065.08 pc · percentile 82 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.345 · percentile 39 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.614 days
Semi-major axis
0.0950 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.61 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0950 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.056 %

Duration

3.538 h

Impact parameter b

0.450

Rp / R★

0.021552

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,196.7368

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 560 ppm lasting ≈ 3.54 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.021552

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.680

Impact parameter (b)

0.450

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,196.7368

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08920

Eq. Temperature

785K

(512 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

55.62

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.345

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-405

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,818 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.09 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.893 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.873 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.536 dex

Stellar density

1.650 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,065.08 parsec
Light-years 3,473.82 ly
V-band magnitude
16.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 61,260,853 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.017.917.92U16.24B16.18V15.80Gaia15.86Kepler15.29TESS16.34Sloan g15.76Sloan r15.56Sloan i15.46Sloan z14.54J14.17H14.06K14.12W114.21W212.62W38.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.912 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.733 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.86 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.286 · y = -0.730 · z = 0.620

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.40946° · Dec 38.34001°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.898° · 10.316°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.075° · 59.272°

HTM-20 index

2137838697

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