Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.38 Earth radii
A mass of 2.48 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.30 g
An orbital period of 4.410 days
Semi-major axis 0.0545 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,192 K (919 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,458.31 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.252
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,352,344 years

Kepler-914 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.38 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.123 R♃

Mass

2.48 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.008 M♃

Density

5.19 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.30 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.252

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

#953of 1176

top 81.0%

This planet

1.38R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-402 d 1.38 R⊕ Kepler-84 d 1.38 R⊕ Kepler-353 c 1.38 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-914 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.38	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.48	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.19	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.30	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	568.38	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159386728

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127019915540964224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127019915540964224

System

Kepler-914

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.380 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.480 M⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 4.41 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1164

Distance 753.72 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.252 · percentile 23 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

4.410 days

Semi-major axis

0.0545 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

85.07 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.41 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0545 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

2.107 h

Impact parameter b

0.042

Rp / R★

0.010525

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.4490

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 133 ppm lasting ≈ 2.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010525

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.160

Impact parameter (b)

0.042

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.4490

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07240

Eq. Temperature

1,192K

(919 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

568.38

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.252

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

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-914

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,877 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.150 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.100 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.360 dex

Stellar density

0.560 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

753.72 parsec

Light-years 2,458.31 ly

V-band magnitude

13.67 mag

Voyager-speed travel 43,352,344 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.298 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.233 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.247 · y = -0.664 · z = 0.706

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.41208° · Dec 44.89932°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.616° · 13.828°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.957° · 65.740°

HTM-20 index

1529518015