Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

K2-113 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-113, located approximately 2,073.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 410.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.78 g
  • An orbital period of 5.818 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0642 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,098 K (825 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,073.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.153
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 36,565,208 years

K2-113 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.083 R♃
Mass
410.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.290 M♃
Density
1.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.78 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.153
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1445of 1771

top 81.5%

This planet

12.14R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-113 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00410.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.782.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00277.390.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 410.001 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 376939759

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2564787622577189760

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2564787622577189760

System

K2-113

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.140 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1771
Mass 410.001 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.82 d · percentile 39 / cohort 1533
Distance 635.72 pc · percentile 79 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.153 · percentile 37 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.818 days
Semi-major axis
0.0642 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.21 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.82 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0642 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.838 %

Duration

3.074 h

Impact parameter b

0.720

Rp / R★

0.089800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,398.7043

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,378 ppm lasting ≈ 3.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.089800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.080

Impact parameter (b)

0.720

RV semi-amplitude (K)

144.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,398.7043

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10100

Eq. Temperature

1,098K

(825 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

277.39

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.153

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — 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

Primary reference

Espinoza et al. 2017

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2017-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-113

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,660 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.240 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.270 dex

Stellar density

0.987 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.06 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
635.72 parsec
Light-years 2,073.45 ly
V-band magnitude
13.74 mag
Voyager-speed travel 36,565,208 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.116.015.99U14.44B13.74V13.50Gaia13.51Kepler13.01TESS14.35Sloan g13.57Sloan r13.42Sloan i13.60Sloan z12.35J12.00H11.95K11.89W111.96W211.98W39.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.544 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.919 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

20.27 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.70 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.936 · y = 0.331 · z = 0.120

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 19.44938° · Dec 6.86885°

Galactic ℓ, b

134.510° · -55.409°

Ecliptic λ, β

20.542° · -1.247°

HTM-20 index

-912298236

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