Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

K2-183 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-183, located approximately 1,073.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.37 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 0.469 days
  • Distance from Earth 1,073.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.973
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,925,651 years

2 siblings around K2-183

K2-183 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
K2-183 b this Rocky Terrestrial 1.10 1.37 0.469 2018
K2-183 c Sub-Neptune 2.30 5.90 10.788 787 2018
K2-183 d Sub-Neptune 2.30 5.90 22.620 615 2018

K2-183 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.098 R♃
Mass
1.37 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.004 M♃
Density
5.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.973
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

#224of 570

top 39.1%

This planet

1.10R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-183 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.37317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 60256211

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 652007410271734912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 652007410271734912

System

K2-183

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.100 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 570
Mass 1.370 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 570
Orbital period 0.47 d · percentile 2 / cohort 567
Distance 329.04 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 566
ESI 0.973 · percentile 96 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.469 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
90.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 11.3 hours long.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.022 %

Duration

1.541 h

Rp / R★

0.011700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,196.9124

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 215 ppm lasting ≈ 1.54 h.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.973

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mayo et al. 2018

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2018-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-183

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,482 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.942 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.600 dex

Stellar density

1.474 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

92.34 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
329.04 parsec
Light-years 1,073.19 ly
V-band magnitude
12.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,925,651 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.415.515.46U13.63B12.87V12.67Gaia12.75Kepler12.17TESS13.38Sloan g12.72Sloan r12.56Sloan i13.43Sloan z11.49J11.15H11.02K11.00W111.06W211.08W38.36W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.011 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.010 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.557 · y = 0.795 · z = 0.242

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 125.00718° · Dec 14.01946°

Galactic ℓ, b

209.822° · 25.848°

Ecliptic λ, β

123.987° · -5.385°

HTM-20 index

616869696

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