Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

EPIC 212737443 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange EPIC 212737443, located approximately 1,096.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 65.550 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2800 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 316 K (43 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,096.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.699
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,340,295 years

1 sibling around EPIC 212737443

EPIC 212737443 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
EPIC 212737443 b Sub-Neptune 2.59 7.20 13.603 536 2019
EPIC 212737443 c this Sub-Neptune 2.69 7.70 65.550 316 2019

EPIC 212737443 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.240 R♃
Mass
7.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.17 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.699
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

#881of 1978

top 44.5%

This planet

2.69R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth EPIC 212737443 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.171.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 670036

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3630680754621236096

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3630680754621236096

System

EPIC 212737443

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.690 R⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.700 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 65.55 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1946
Distance 336.25 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.699 · percentile 92 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
65.550 days
Semi-major axis
0.2800 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
89.63 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 65.55 Earth days (17.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2800 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.110 %

Duration

4.608 h

Impact parameter b

0.567

Rp / R★

0.036600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,227.7900

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,100 ppm lasting ≈ 4.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.036600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

91.172

Impact parameter (b)

0.567

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,227.7900

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.83300

Eq. Temperature

316K

(43 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.699

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Herath et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: EPIC 212737443

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,684 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.673 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.690 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.622 dex

Stellar density

3.190 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-16.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
336.25 parsec
Light-years 1,096.70 ly
V-band magnitude
14.81 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,340,295 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 13 bands

9.115.015.04B14.81V14.48Gaia14.46Kepler13.80TESS13.63Ic12.82J12.24H12.16K12.09W112.15W212.61W39.07W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.946 mas

Total Proper Motion

51.270 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-46.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

22.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.905 · y = -0.407 · z = -0.127

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 204.22151° · Dec -7.31806°

Galactic ℓ, b

322.271° · 53.838°

Ecliptic λ, β

205.112° · 2.579°

HTM-20 index

-1155296478

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