Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

K2-274 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange K2-274, located approximately 744.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.08 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • An orbital period of 14.133 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0964 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 655 K (382 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 744.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.414
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,132,823 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-274 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.08 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.186 R♃
Mass
4.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
3.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.414
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

#1846of 1978

top 93.3%

This planet

2.08R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-274 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 195193560

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 664406705976755712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 664406705976755712

System

K2-274

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.080 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.980 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 14.13 d · percentile 48 / cohort 1946
Distance 228.33 pc · percentile 31 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.414 · percentile 55 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.133 days
Semi-major axis
0.0964 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.44 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.13 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0964 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.097 %

Duration

3.648 h

Impact parameter b

0.340

Rp / R★

0.027300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,145.1113

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 974 ppm lasting ≈ 3.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.680

Impact parameter (b)

0.340

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,145.1113

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.42200

Eq. Temperature

655K

(382 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.414

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Livingston et al. 2018

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2018-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-274

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,044 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.700 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.790 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

2.989 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
228.33 parsec
Light-years 744.70 ly
V-band magnitude
13.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,132,823 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.216.116.14U14.12B13.18V12.89Gaia12.80Kepler12.32TESS15.95Sloan g15.73Sloan r12.69Sloan i13.81Sloan z11.51J11.05H10.99K10.92W110.98W210.62W38.23W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.353 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.469 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-15.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

-26.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.593 · y = 0.725 · z = 0.349

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 129.28237° · Dec 20.39925°

Galactic ℓ, b

204.794° · 32.015°

Ecliptic λ, β

126.418° · 1.789°

HTM-20 index

-1542484808

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