Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-814 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-814, located approximately 6,705.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.14 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 6.147 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0695 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,164 K (891 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,705.02 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.225
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 118,242,972 years

Kepler-814 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.189 R♃
Mass
5.14 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.225
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

#1782of 1978

top 90.0%

This planet

2.12R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-814 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.14317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00935.120.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48450382

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131593269736776576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131593269736776576

System

Kepler-814

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.120 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.140 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.15 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1946
Distance 2,055.77 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.225 · percentile 11 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.147 days
Semi-major axis
0.0695 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.67 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.15 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0695 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.025 %

Duration

3.392 h

Impact parameter b

0.083

Rp / R★

0.015819

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.0740

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 250 ppm lasting ≈ 3.39 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015819

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.330

Impact parameter (b)

0.083

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.0740

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03380

Eq. Temperature

1,164K

(891 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

935.12

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.225

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-814

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,162 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.220 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.330 dex

Stellar density

1.474 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,055.77 parsec
Light-years 6,705.02 ly
V-band magnitude
14.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 118,242,972 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.315.33B14.86V14.67Gaia14.71Kepler14.26TESS15.06Sloan g14.66Sloan r14.56Sloan i14.54Sloan z13.71J13.42H13.42K13.35W113.36W212.49W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.457 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.739 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.171 · y = -0.641 · z = 0.748

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.91053° · Dec 48.43159°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.513° · 18.664°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.425° · 70.300°

HTM-20 index

-147711462

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