Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-614 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-614, located approximately 1,722.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.39 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 14.035 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1027 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 641 K (368 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,722.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.401
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 30,369,009 years

Kepler-614 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.39 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.213 R♃
Mass
6.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.401
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1343of 1978

top 67.8%

This planet

2.39R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-614 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0037.200.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 274017990

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2085519781168726912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2085519781168726912

System

Kepler-614

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.390 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.300 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 14.03 d · percentile 48 / cohort 1946
Distance 528.00 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.401 · percentile 53 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.035 days
Semi-major axis
0.1027 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.03 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1027 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.085 %

Duration

3.580 h

Impact parameter b

0.865

Rp / R★

0.027407

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,004.6051

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 852 ppm lasting ≈ 3.58 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027407

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.865

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,004.6051

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19500

Eq. Temperature

641K

(368 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

37.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.401

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

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-614

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,268 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.79 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.810 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.850 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

2.170 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
528.00 parsec
Light-years 1,722.09 ly
V-band magnitude
14.81 mag
Voyager-speed travel 30,369,009 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.715.75B14.81V14.54Gaia14.57Kepler13.97TESS15.24Sloan g14.53Sloan r14.29Sloan i14.15Sloan z13.20J12.72H12.66K12.60W112.68W211.94W38.86W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.865 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.428 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.329 · y = -0.608 · z = 0.723

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.38489° · Dec 46.27599°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.462° · 9.490°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.540° · 64.813°

HTM-20 index

26058830

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