Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.26 Earth radii
A mass of 2.13 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.34 g
An orbital period of 15.281 days
Equilibrium temperature 756 K (483 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,043.93 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.415
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,409,661 years

1 sibling around EPIC 212587672

EPIC 212587672 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 212587672 b this	Super-Earth	1.26	2.13	15.281	756	2019
EPIC 212587672 c	Sub-Neptune	2.32	5.99	23.229	658	2021

EPIC 212587672 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.26 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.112 R♃

Mass

2.13 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.007 M♃

Density

5.85 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.415

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

#1149of 1176

top 97.6%

This planet

1.26R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-755 c 1.26 R⊕ Kepler-114 b 1.26 R⊕ Kepler-134 c 1.26 R⊕

Metric	Earth	EPIC 212587672 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.26	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.13	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.85	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.34	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 771548

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3616620814104819328

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3616620814104819328

System

EPIC 212587672

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.260 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.130 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 15.28 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1164

Distance 320.07 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.415 · percentile 63 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

15.281 days

Semi-major axis

— AU

Eccentricity

—

Inclination

— °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.28 Earth days (4.2% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

3.460 h

Impact parameter b

0.430

Rp / R★

0.011700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,227.6450

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 187 ppm lasting ≈ 3.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

30.750

Impact parameter (b)

0.430

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,227.6450

Eq. Temperature

756K

(483 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.415

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Heller et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-07

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2019 at K2 (12 shown).

EPIC 206032309 b · Rocky Terrestrial EPIC 201833600 c · Rocky Terrestrial EPIC 206215704 b · Rocky Terrestrial EPIC 201754305 d · Rocky Terrestrial EPIC 201841433 b · Rocky Terrestrial EPIC 206317286 b · Rocky Terrestrial EPIC 201615463 c · Rocky Terrestrial EPIC 212499991 b · Super-Earth EPIC 220554210 c · Super-Earth EPIC 201497682 b · Rocky Terrestrial K2-133 e · Super-Earth EPIC 206024342 b · Super-Earth

Host System: EPIC 212587672

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,004 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

0.980 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.990 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

1.859 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

320.07 parsec

Light-years 1,043.93 ly

V-band magnitude

12.49 mag

Voyager-speed travel 18,409,661 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.097 mas

Total Proper Motion

28.557 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-24.47 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.887 · y = -0.422 · z = -0.188

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 205.44451° · Dec -10.86255°

Galactic ℓ, b

322.417° · 50.095°

Ecliptic λ, β

207.518° · -0.290°

HTM-20 index

142498538