Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

EPIC 212297394 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange EPIC 212297394, located approximately 1,364.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 2.289 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,149 K (876 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,364.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.257
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,065,079 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around EPIC 212297394

EPIC 212297394 b 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
EPIC 212297394 b this Super-Earth 1.48 2.79 2.289 1,149 2019
EPIC 212297394 c Sub-Neptune 2.27 5.77 5.214 866 2021

EPIC 212297394 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.132 R♃
Mass
2.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.257
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#784of 1176

top 66.6%

This planet

1.48R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth EPIC 212297394 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 287331845

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6294955311720593024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6294955311720593024

System

EPIC 212297394

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.480 R⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.790 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.29 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1164
Distance 418.40 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.257 · percentile 25 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.289 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.29 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.054 %

Duration

1.880 h

Impact parameter b

0.410

Rp / R★

0.016900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,217.9632

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 535 ppm lasting ≈ 1.88 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.530

Impact parameter (b)

0.410

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,217.9632

Eq. Temperature

1,149K

(876 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.257

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Heller et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: EPIC 212297394

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,171 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.800 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

2.504 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
418.40 parsec
Light-years 1,364.62 ly
V-band magnitude
14.61 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,065,079 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

9.315.415.38B14.61V14.19Gaia14.14Kepler13.59TESS12.74J12.22H12.19K12.12W112.17W211.97W39.25W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.362 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.157 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-23.16 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.848 · y = -0.436 · z = -0.303

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 207.20612° · Dec -17.60990°

Galactic ℓ, b

321.819° · 43.147°

Ecliptic λ, β

211.530° · -5.983°

HTM-20 index

2078126015

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