Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-58 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-58, located approximately 3,161.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 245.34 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 28.38 g
  • An orbital period of 40.101 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2360 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 583 K (310 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,161.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.241
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 55,749,056 years

3 siblings around Kepler-58

Kepler-58 d shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-58 e Super-Earth 1.61 597.80 4.458 1,212 2023
Kepler-58 b Sub-Neptune 2.78 35.50 10.218 920 2012
Kepler-58 c Sub-Neptune 2.86 53.00 15.574 799 2012
Kepler-58 d this Sub-Neptune 2.94 245.34 40.101 583 2014

Kepler-58 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.262 R♃
Mass
245.34 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.772 M♃
Density
0.53 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
28.38 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.241
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

#570of 1978

top 28.8%

This planet

2.94R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-58 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00245.34317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.531.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0028.382.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0018.240.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 245.343 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184471242

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073274618947678464

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073274618947678464

System

Kepler-58

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.940 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Mass 245.343 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 40.10 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1946
Distance 969.25 pc · percentile 76 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.241 · percentile 14 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
40.101 days
Semi-major axis
0.2360 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.44 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 40.10 Earth days (11.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2360 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.055 %

Duration

5.443 h

Impact parameter b

0.900

Rp / R★

0.022600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.7180

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 550 ppm lasting ≈ 5.44 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.900

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.7180

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24300

Eq. Temperature

583K

(310 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

18.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.241

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-58

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,099 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.14 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.127 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.024 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.372 dex

Stellar density

1.150 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
969.25 parsec
Light-years 3,161.27 ly
V-band magnitude
15.09 mag
Voyager-speed travel 55,749,056 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.315.34B15.09V14.87Gaia14.82Kepler14.37TESS15.31Sloan g14.76Sloan r14.61Sloan i14.47Sloan z13.64J13.38H13.28K13.24W113.30W213.02W39.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.004 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.187 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.344 · y = -0.695 · z = 0.631

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.35863° · Dec 39.11520°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.419° · 7.266°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.677° · 58.800°

HTM-20 index

-1154929470

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