Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

EPIC 201757695.02

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange EPIC 201757695, located approximately 1,883.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.91 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.69 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.83 g
  • An orbital period of 2.048 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0296 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,883.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.959
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 33,222,170 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

EPIC 201757695.02 Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.91 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.081 R♃
Mass
0.69 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
5.05 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.83 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.959
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#412of 570

top 72.1%

This planet

0.91R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth EPIC 201757695.02 Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.69317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.051.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.832.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 380546118

System

EPIC 201757695

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.908 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 570
Mass 0.688 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 570
Orbital period 2.05 d · percentile 23 / cohort 567
Distance 577.60 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 566
ESI 0.959 · percentile 96 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.048 days
Semi-major axis
0.0296 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.28 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.05 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0296 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Impact parameter b

0.120

Rp / R★

0.012700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,811.6370

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012700

Impact parameter (b)

0.120

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,811.6370

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05120

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.959

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Del Ser & Fors 2020

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2020-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: EPIC 201757695

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,520 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.655 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.727 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Distance
577.60 parsec
Light-years 1,883.88 ly
V-band magnitude
14.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 33,222,170 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.016.216.22B14.97V14.60Kepler13.80TESS12.86J12.29H12.15K12.08W112.12W212.04W39.01W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

6.764 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.991 · y = 0.105 · z = 0.080

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 173.93851° · Dec 4.61643°

Galactic ℓ, b

260.881° · 61.148°

Ecliptic λ, β

172.605° · 1.832°

HTM-20 index

-1886406501

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