Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-417 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-417, located approximately 3,176.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 15.943 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1194 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 616 K (343 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,176.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.398
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 56,021,517 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-417

Kepler-417 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-417 b Sub-Neptune 2.31 11.00 12.331 671 2014
Kepler-417 c this Sub-Neptune 2.69 7.70 15.943 616 2014

Kepler-417 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.240 R♃
Mass
7.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.17 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.398
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#881of 1978

top 44.5%

This planet

2.69R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-417 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.171.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0030.970.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270705374

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077774099706867712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077774099706867712

System

Kepler-417

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.690 R⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.700 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 15.94 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1946
Distance 973.99 pc · percentile 76 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.398 · percentile 52 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.943 days
Semi-major axis
0.1194 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.94 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1194 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.109 %

Duration

3.493 h

Impact parameter b

0.440

Rp / R★

0.030672

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,979.3300

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,094 ppm lasting ≈ 3.49 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030672

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

35.937

Impact parameter (b)

0.440

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,979.3300

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12300

Eq. Temperature

616K

(343 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

30.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.398

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Hadden et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-417

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,177 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.806 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

3.452 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
973.99 parsec
Light-years 3,176.72 ly
V-band magnitude
15.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 56,021,517 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.614.96B15.86V15.87Gaia15.89Kepler15.28TESS16.57Sloan g15.82Sloan r15.59Sloan i15.48Sloan z14.43J13.96H13.92K13.72W113.75W212.54W39.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.001 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.447 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-16.92 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.296 · y = -0.671 · z = 0.679

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.82418° · Dec 42.77965°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.769° · 10.687°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.599° · 62.900°

HTM-20 index

-979489728

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