Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

EPIC 220554210 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-282, located approximately 1,618.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.19 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 0.705 days
  • Distance from Earth 1,618.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.868
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,545,356 years

1 sibling around K2-282

EPIC 220554210 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 220554210 c this Super-Earth 1.60 3.19 0.705 2019
K2-282 b Sub-Neptune 2.50 6.80 4.170 1,057 2018

EPIC 220554210 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.143 R♃
Mass
3.19 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.868
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

#570of 1176

top 48.4%

This planet

1.60R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth EPIC 220554210 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.19317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 266030192

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2580848395082660992

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2580848395082660992

System

K2-282

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.600 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.190 M⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.71 d · percentile 3 / cohort 1164
Distance 496.29 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.868 · percentile 95 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.705 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
91.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 16.9 hours long.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

1.704 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.014500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,466.1131

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 262 ppm lasting ≈ 1.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,466.1131

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.868

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Heller et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-282

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,499 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.000 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

1.442 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
496.29 parsec
Light-years 1,618.68 ly
V-band magnitude
14.21 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,545,356 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.816.516.52U14.85B14.21V13.82Gaia13.72Kepler13.27TESS16.03Sloan g13.89Sloan r13.78Sloan i14.11Sloan z12.44J12.08H12.00K11.96W112.03W212.16W38.81W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.986 mas

Total Proper Motion

32.432 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

31.90 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.85 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.963 · y = 0.230 · z = 0.139

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 13.43215° · Dec 7.99529°

Galactic ℓ, b

123.918° · -54.872°

Ecliptic λ, β

15.456° · 2.069°

HTM-20 index

-222019865

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