Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

K2-154 b

A super-earth orbiting the m-type red dwarf K2-154, located approximately 421.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 3.676 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0405 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 715 K (442 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 421.90 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.386
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,440,248 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around K2-154

K2-154 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
K2-154 b this Super-Earth 1.99 4.62 3.676 715 2018
K2-154 c Sub-Neptune 2.07 4.94 7.955 552 2018

K2-154 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.178 R♃
Mass
4.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.386
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#4of 1176

top 0.3%

This planet

1.99R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-154 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0057.500.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 175371068

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3683121446312149504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3683121446312149504

System

K2-154

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.990 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.620 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.68 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1164
Distance 129.36 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.386 · percentile 58 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.676 days
Semi-major axis
0.0405 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.68 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0405 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.110 %

Duration

1.700 h

Impact parameter b

0.440

Rp / R★

0.028800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,585.0533

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,100 ppm lasting ≈ 1.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.440

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,585.0533

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31300

Eq. Temperature

715K

(442 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

57.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.386

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hirano et al. 2018

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2018-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-154

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,097 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.630 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.650 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.650 dex

Stellar density

3.250 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

14.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
129.36 parsec
Light-years 421.90 ly
V-band magnitude
13.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,440,248 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.117.517.50U15.44B13.86V13.32Gaia13.35Kepler12.38TESS14.76Sloan g13.40Sloan r15.84Sloan i12.39Sloan z11.22J10.52H10.37K10.28W110.35W210.15W38.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.702 mas

Total Proper Motion

34.576 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-34.57 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.987 · y = -0.156 · z = -0.047

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 189.00152° · Dec -2.66962°

Galactic ℓ, b

295.214° · 59.971°

Ecliptic λ, β

189.316° · 1.114°

HTM-20 index

295760025

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