Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

K2-19 d

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-19, located approximately 945.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.04 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.69 g
  • An orbital period of 2.508 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0348 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,258 K (985 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 945.29 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.166
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,670,156 years

2 siblings around K2-19

K2-19 d 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
K2-19 d this Rocky Terrestrial 1.04 6.20 2.508 1,258 2016
K2-19 b Neptune-like 6.59 30.80 7.923 857 2015
K2-19 c Sub-Neptune 3.88 11.12 11.898 749 2015

K2-19 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.04 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.093 R♃
Mass
6.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
31.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.69 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.166
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#287of 570

top 50.2%

This planet

1.04R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-19 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5131.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.692.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00404.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 281885301

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3798833775141351552

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3798833775141351552

System

K2-19

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.044 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 570
Mass 6.200 M⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 570
Orbital period 2.51 d · percentile 29 / cohort 567
Distance 289.83 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 566
ESI 0.166 · percentile 7 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.508 days
Semi-major axis
0.0348 AU
Eccentricity
0.440
Inclination
89.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.51 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0348 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

1.930 h

Impact parameter b

0.170

Rp / R★

0.011650

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,828.9909

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 190 ppm lasting ≈ 1.93 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011650

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.070

Impact parameter (b)

0.170

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,828.9909

Long. of periastron (ω)

248.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12000

Eq. Temperature

1,258K

(985 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

404.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.166

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Dai et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-06

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-19

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,350 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.824 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.892 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.556 dex

Stellar density

1.590 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

7.31 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Rotation period

18.36 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
289.83 parsec
Light-years 945.29 ly
V-band magnitude
13.02 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,670,156 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.015.915.86U13.80B13.02V12.82Gaia12.81Kepler12.30TESS13.82Sloan g12.84Sloan r12.75Sloan i13.90Sloan z11.60J11.21H11.16K11.11W111.15W210.92W38.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.423 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.300 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-18.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.996 · y = 0.088 · z = 0.011

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 174.96025° · Dec 0.60360°

Galactic ℓ, b

267.029° · 58.394°

Ecliptic λ, β

175.131° · -1.448°

HTM-20 index

1093139326

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