Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-94 c

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf Kepler-94, located approximately 625.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,126.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 20.01 g
  • An orbital period of 820.300 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.5968 AU
  • Distance from Earth 625.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.386
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,037,859 years

1 sibling around Kepler-94

Kepler-94 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-94 b Sub-Neptune 3.51 10.84 2.508 997 2014
Kepler-94 c this Gas Giant 12.50 3,126.00 820.300 2014

Kepler-94 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
3,126.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.836 M♃
Density
8.79 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
20.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.386
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-94 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,126.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.791.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0020.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,126.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,823.911 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123309556

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2119602202081351168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2119602202081351168

System

Kepler-94

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,126.000 M⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 820.30 d · percentile 74 / cohort 1533
Distance 191.90 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.386 · percentile 81 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
820.300 days
Semi-major axis
1.5968 AU
Eccentricity
0.346
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.25 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.5968 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.386

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Marcy et al. 2014

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2014-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: Kepler-94

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,781 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.760 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

2.900 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-50.48 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
191.90 parsec
Light-years 625.91 ly
V-band magnitude
13.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,037,859 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.915.215.24B13.07V12.86Gaia12.90Kepler12.18TESS13.81Sloan g12.78Sloan r12.50Sloan i12.32Sloan z11.18J10.68H10.59K10.50W110.59W210.41W38.90W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.182 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.863 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.131 · y = -0.663 · z = 0.737

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.19473° · Dec 47.49726°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.713° · 20.710°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.615° · 70.059°

HTM-20 index

1961503284

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