Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-83 d

A super-earth orbiting the m-type red dwarf Kepler-83, located approximately 1,306.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 5.170 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0510 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 569 K (296 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,305.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.334
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,030,568 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-83

Kepler-83 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-83 d this Super-Earth 1.94 4.10 5.170 569 2014
Kepler-83 b Sub-Neptune 2.83 2.94 9.770 460 2012
Kepler-83 c Sub-Neptune 2.36 2.03 20.090 362 2012

Kepler-83 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.173 R♃
Mass
4.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
0.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.334
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

#79of 1176

top 6.6%

This planet

1.94R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-83 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0028.810.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123416515

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105261134483173632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105261134483173632

System

Kepler-83

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.940 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.100 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 5.17 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1164
Distance 400.41 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.334 · percentile 46 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.170 days
Semi-major axis
0.0510 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.87 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.17 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0510 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.104 %

Duration

2.163 h

Impact parameter b

0.370

Rp / R★

0.029936

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,005.6310

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,037 ppm lasting ≈ 2.16 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029936

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.370

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,005.6310

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12700

Eq. Temperature

569K

(296 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

28.81

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.334

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-83

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,648 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.09 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.594 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.580 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.718 dex

Stellar density

3.816 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
400.41 parsec
Light-years 1,305.96 ly
V-band magnitude
16.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,030,568 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.617.617.61B16.15V15.78Gaia15.78Kepler14.96TESS17.07Sloan g15.76Sloan r15.22Sloan i14.96Sloan z13.74J13.08H12.95K12.88W112.89W213.23W39.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.469 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.774 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.153 · y = -0.707 · z = 0.690

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.23252° · Dec 43.66557°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.114° · 18.777°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.282° · 66.161°

HTM-20 index

-713350925

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