Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-425 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-425, located approximately 2,109.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.96 Earth radii
  • A mass of 79.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.66 g
  • An orbital period of 3.797 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0464 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,070 K (797 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,109.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.112
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,193,588 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-425 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.96 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.978 R♃
Mass
79.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.250 M♃
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.112
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

#1667of 1771

top 94.1%

This planet

10.96R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-425 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.9611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0079.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00229.040.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 79.450 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122441491

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101184111011462144

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101184111011462144

System

Kepler-425

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.962 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 79.450 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.80 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1533
Distance 646.65 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.112 · percentile 30 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.797 days
Semi-major axis
0.0464 AU
Eccentricity
0.330
Inclination
87.02 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.80 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0464 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.443 %

Duration

2.353 h

Impact parameter b

0.602

Rp / R★

0.116800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.5088

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 14,431 ppm lasting ≈ 2.35 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.116800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.602

RV semi-amplitude (K)

34.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.5088

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07180

Eq. Temperature

1,070K

(797 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

229.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.112

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-425

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,170 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.860 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.535 dex

Stellar density

1.448 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-45.40 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
646.65 parsec
Light-years 2,109.08 ly
V-band magnitude
14.85 mag
Voyager-speed travel 37,193,588 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.316.016.05B14.85V14.73Gaia14.74Kepler14.15TESS15.42Sloan g14.65Sloan r14.45Sloan i14.34Sloan z13.38J12.93H12.81K12.80W112.87W213.04W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.518 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.499 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.264 · y = -0.712 · z = 0.650

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.35798° · Dec 40.56770°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.575° · 12.024°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.798° · 61.639°

HTM-20 index

-1067478213

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