Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

K2-132 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange K2-132, located approximately 1,989.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 155.74 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.73 g
  • An orbital period of 9.175 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0916 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,586 K (1313 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,988.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.067
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,075,272 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-132 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.300 R♃
Mass
155.74 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.490 M♃
Density
0.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.067
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

#270of 1771

top 15.2%

This planet

14.57R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-132 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00155.74317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00293.370.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 155.737 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 152852327

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3582339626395387264

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3582339626395387264

System

K2-132

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.572 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1771
Mass 155.737 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 9.18 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1533
Distance 609.82 pc · percentile 79 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.067 · percentile 12 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.175 days
Semi-major axis
0.0916 AU
Eccentricity
0.290
Inclination
77.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.18 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0916 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.058 %

Duration

7.169 h

Impact parameter b

0.848

Rp / R★

0.032500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,590.1491

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 580 ppm lasting ≈ 7.17 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.032500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.848

RV semi-amplitude (K)

42.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,590.1491

Long. of periastron (ω)

82.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15000

Eq. Temperature

1,586K

(1313 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

293.37

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.067

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Grunblatt et al. 2017

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2017-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-132

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,840 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

3.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.297 dex

Stellar density

0.026 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

10.37 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.36 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
609.82 parsec
Light-years 1,988.96 ly
V-band magnitude
12.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,075,272 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.912.912.93B12.07V11.64Gaia11.65Kepler11.03TESS10.15J9.64H9.54K9.46W19.53W29.45W38.89W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.612 mas

Total Proper Motion

29.633 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-28.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.73 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.988 · y = -0.037 · z = -0.152

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 182.16627° · Dec -8.74722°

Galactic ℓ, b

285.334° · 52.657°

Ecliptic λ, β

185.477° · -7.161°

HTM-20 index

290293422

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