Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

K2-133 e

A super-earth orbiting the m-type red dwarf K2-133, located approximately 245.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.73 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.64 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 26.584 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1346 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 296 K (23 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 245.17 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.860
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,323,616 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around K2-133

K2-133 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
K2-133 b Super-Earth 1.34 2.36 3.071 2017
K2-133 c Super-Earth 1.60 3.20 4.868 2017
K2-133 d Sub-Neptune 2.00 4.67 11.025 734 2017
K2-133 e this Super-Earth 1.73 3.64 26.584 296 2019

K2-133 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.73 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.154 R♃
Mass
3.64 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.860
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#356of 1176

top 30.2%

This planet

1.73R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-133 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.64317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.800.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 150096001

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 148080473682357376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 148080473682357376

System

K2-133

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.730 R⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.640 M⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 26.58 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1164
Distance 75.17 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.860 · percentile 94 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
26.584 days
Semi-major axis
0.1346 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.16 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 26.58 Earth days (7.3% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.1346 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.099 %

Duration

1.440 h

Impact parameter b

0.928

Rp / R★

0.034800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,837.8657

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 987 ppm lasting ≈ 1.44 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034800

Impact parameter (b)

0.928

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,837.8657

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.79000

Eq. Temperature

296K

(23 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.860

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wells et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-133

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,655 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.455 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.461 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.770 dex

Stellar density

6.630 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

107.20 km/s

Distance
75.17 parsec
Light-years 245.17 ly
V-band magnitude
14.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,323,616 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.617.317.28U15.39B14.07V13.32Gaia13.33Kepler12.33TESS15.26Sloan g13.63Sloan r12.92Sloan i12.72Sloan z11.08J10.49H10.28K10.17W110.07W29.99W38.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.274 mas

Total Proper Motion

191.359 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

185.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

-46.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.308 · y = 0.852 · z = 0.423

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 70.14938° · Dec 25.00981°

Galactic ℓ, b

174.754° · -14.068°

Ecliptic λ, β

72.052° · 2.799°

HTM-20 index

-1995439910

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