Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-423 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-423, located approximately 2,474.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 189.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 2.684 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0359 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,605 K (1332 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,474.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.075
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,641,657 years

Kepler-423 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.192 R♃
Mass
189.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.595 M♃
Density
0.46 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.075
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

#785of 1771

top 44.3%

This planet

13.36R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-423 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00189.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.461.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00649.150.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 189.101 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63452790

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128273225659492608

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128273225659492608

System

Kepler-423

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.361 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 189.101 M⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.68 d · percentile 12 / cohort 1533
Distance 758.75 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.075 · percentile 16 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.684 days
Semi-major axis
0.0359 AU
Eccentricity
0.019
Inclination
87.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.68 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0358 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.587 %

Duration

2.722 h

Impact parameter b

0.301

Rp / R★

0.125990

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.3548

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 15,872 ppm lasting ≈ 2.72 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.125990

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.106

Impact parameter (b)

0.301

RV semi-amplitude (K)

96.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.3548

Long. of periastron (ω)

120.26°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04720

Eq. Temperature

1,605K

(1332 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

649.15

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.075

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

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

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Endl et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-423

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,560 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.950 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.850 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

1.398 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-3.04 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Rotation period

22.05 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
758.75 parsec
Light-years 2,474.72 ly
V-band magnitude
14.46 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,641,657 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.215.21B14.46V14.28Gaia14.29Kepler13.81TESS14.73Sloan g14.23Sloan r14.10Sloan i14.03Sloan z13.14J12.85H12.78K12.66W112.70W212.65W39.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.289 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.258 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.268 · y = -0.636 · z = 0.724

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.85572° · Dec 46.39119°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.753° · 12.921°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.229° · 66.511°

HTM-20 index

-966356406

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