Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 3.18 Earth radii
A mass of 10.20 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.01 g
An orbital period of 3.706 days
Distance from Earth 1,028.58 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.620
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,138,925 years

K2-160 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

3.18 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.284 R♃

Mass

10.20 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.032 M♃

Density

1.75 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.620

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018

Method Transit

Facility K2

Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#374of 1978

top 18.9%

This planet

3.18R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

NGTS-4 b 3.18 R⊕ TOI-2458 c 3.18 R⊕ Kepler-1502 b 3.18 R⊕

Metric	Earth	K2-160 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	3.18	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	10.20	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	1.75	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.01	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 349456525

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3598004677793811584

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3598004677793811584

System

K2-160

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.178 R⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 1978

Mass 10.200 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1978

Orbital period 3.71 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1946

Distance 315.36 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1975

ESI 0.620 · percentile 85 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

3.706 days

Semi-major axis

— AU

Eccentricity

—

Inclination

88.25 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.71 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Rp / R★

0.031888

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,585.6664

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.620

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mayo et al. 2018

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2018-03

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2018 at K2 (12 shown).

K2-190 c · Rocky Terrestrial K2-183 b · Rocky Terrestrial K2-209 b · Rocky Terrestrial K2-210 b · Rocky Terrestrial K2-165 b · Super-Earth K2-169 b · Super-Earth K2-148 b · Super-Earth K2-219 b · Super-Earth K2-190 b · Super-Earth K2-200 b · Super-Earth K2-201 b · Super-Earth K2-170 b · Super-Earth

Host System: K2-160

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,649 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

0.914 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.983 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.610 dex

Stellar density

1.931 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-10.34 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

315.36 parsec

Light-years 1,028.58 ly

V-band magnitude

12.84 mag

Voyager-speed travel 18,138,925 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.143 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.055 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-16.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.996 · y = -0.071 · z = -0.062

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 184.05452° · Dec -3.55309°

Galactic ℓ, b

286.097° · 58.163°

Ecliptic λ, β

185.127° · -1.650°

HTM-20 index

-18656997