Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

K2-130 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange K2-130, located approximately 384.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.34 g
  • An orbital period of 2.494 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0320 AU
  • Distance from Earth 384.90 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.935
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,787,710 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-130 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.112 R♃
Mass
2.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.935
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

#1161of 1176

top 98.6%

This planet

1.25R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-130 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00136.400.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 12181371

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4083382672829717504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4083382672829717504

System

K2-130

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.250 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.100 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.49 d · percentile 16 / cohort 1164
Distance 118.01 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.935 · percentile 99 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.494 days
Semi-major axis
0.0320 AU
Eccentricity
0.170
Inclination
86.53 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.49 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0320 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

1.704 h

Rp / R★

0.015399

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,340.6120

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 304 ppm lasting ≈ 1.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015399

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.260

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,340.6120

Long. of periastron (ω)

49.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.27100

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

136.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.935

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water). Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Dressing et al. 2017

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2017-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-130

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,356 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.744 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.696 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

2.722 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-49.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
118.01 parsec
Light-years 384.90 ly
V-band magnitude
12.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,787,710 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.813.913.94B12.68V12.33Gaia12.28Kepler11.60TESS10.56J9.99H9.86K9.79W19.86W29.75W38.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.445 mas

Total Proper Motion

62.900 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

61.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.32 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.326 · y = -0.883 · z = -0.337

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.27054° · Dec -19.69087°

Galactic ℓ, b

18.257° · -15.172°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.052° · 2.417°

HTM-20 index

363580186

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