Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

Kepler-74 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-74, located approximately 3,840.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 200.22 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.73 g
  • An orbital period of 7.341 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0781 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,078 K (805 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,840.65 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.139
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 67,729,859 years

Kepler-74 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.960 R♃
Mass
200.22 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.630 M♃
Density
0.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.139
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1699of 1771

top 95.9%

This planet

10.76R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-74 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00200.22317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.881.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00337.680.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 200.220 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137903329

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077586873492185344

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077586873492185344

System

Kepler-74

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.760 R⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1771
Mass 200.220 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 7.34 d · percentile 42 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,177.55 pc · percentile 88 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.139 · percentile 35 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.341 days
Semi-major axis
0.0781 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.34 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0781 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.868 %

Duration

3.082 h

Impact parameter b

0.685

Rp / R★

0.091200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,187.5674

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,680 ppm lasting ≈ 3.08 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.091200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.470

Impact parameter (b)

0.685

RV semi-amplitude (K)

59.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,187.5674

Long. of periastron (ω)

64.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06630

Eq. Temperature

1,078K

(805 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

337.68

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.139

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

Hebrard et al. 2013

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2013-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-74

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,000 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.120 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.180 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.42

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.440 dex

Stellar density

1.300 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

19.37 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,177.55 parsec
Light-years 3,840.65 ly
V-band magnitude
14.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 67,729,859 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.315.25B14.49V14.37Gaia14.41Kepler13.92TESS14.88Sloan g14.35Sloan r14.21Sloan i14.18Sloan z13.31J13.01H12.96K12.86W112.89W212.90W38.88W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.821 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.975 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.73 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.294 · y = -0.690 · z = 0.661

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.09253° · Dec 41.35551°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.227° · 10.521°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.454° · 61.747°

HTM-20 index

1748864370

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