Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

K2-107 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white K2-107, located approximately 2,234.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 266.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 3.314 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0475 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,649 K (1376 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,234.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.065
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,411,065 years

K2-107 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.426 R♃
Mass
266.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.840 M♃
Density
0.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.065
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#164of 1771

top 9.2%

This planet

15.98R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-107 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00266.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 266.977 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 414843476

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4081684580199958528

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4081684580199958528

System

K2-107

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.980 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1771
Mass 266.977 M⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.31 d · percentile 20 / cohort 1533
Distance 685.20 pc · percentile 81 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.065 · percentile 11 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.314 days
Semi-major axis
0.0475 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.36 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.31 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0475 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.666 %

Duration

3.223 h

Impact parameter b

0.740

Rp / R★

0.081000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,311.1518

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,658 ppm lasting ≈ 3.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.081000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.420

Impact parameter (b)

0.740

RV semi-amplitude (K)

95.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,311.1518

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06930

Eq. Temperature

1,649K

(1376 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.065

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2017-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-107

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,061 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.25 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.810 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.300 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.040 dex

Stellar density

0.457 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-8.36 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
685.20 parsec
Light-years 2,234.82 ly
V-band magnitude
13.01 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,411,065 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.113.613.63B13.01V12.77Gaia12.75Kepler12.28TESS11.56J11.26H11.21K11.17W111.21W211.10W38.12W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.432 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.681 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.25 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.47 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.239 · y = -0.894 · z = -0.379

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.98536° · Dec -22.29342°

Galactic ℓ, b

13.733° · -11.743°

Ecliptic λ, β

283.838° · 0.429°

HTM-20 index

620423465

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