Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

K2-283 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange K2-283, located approximately 1,314.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.52 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.98 g
  • An orbital period of 1.921 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0291 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,186 K (913 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,314.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.181
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,174,707 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-283 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.52 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.314 R♃
Mass
12.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.038 M♃
Density
1.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.98 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.181
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

#169of 1978

top 8.5%

This planet

3.52R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-283 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.5211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.982.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 266017624

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2581916673708201216

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2581916673708201216

System

K2-283

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.520 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1978
Mass 12.200 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 1.92 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1946
Distance 402.92 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.181 · percentile 4 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.921 days
Semi-major axis
0.0291 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.92 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0291 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.197 %

Duration

1.750 h

Impact parameter b

0.370

Rp / R★

0.039300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,394.9090

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,967 ppm lasting ≈ 1.75 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.230

Impact parameter (b)

0.370

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,394.9090

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07220

Eq. Temperature

1,186K

(913 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.181

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched. 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: K2-283

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,060 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.560 dex

Stellar density

2.861 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
402.92 parsec
Light-years 1,314.13 ly
V-band magnitude
14.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,174,707 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.817.117.09U15.52B14.36V14.13Gaia14.12Kepler13.49TESS15.21Sloan g14.19Sloan r13.05Sloan i13.76Sloan z12.58J12.11H11.98K11.94W112.02W212.51W38.79W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.453 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.110 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.97 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.960 · y = 0.225 · z = 0.168

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 13.19437° · Dec 9.69292°

Galactic ℓ, b

123.483° · -53.177°

Ecliptic λ, β

15.898° · 3.725°

HTM-20 index

609813555

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