Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

K2-319 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-319, located approximately 681.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 26.680 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1516 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 641 K (368 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 681.90 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.378
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,025,264 years

K2-319 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.249 R♃
Mass
8.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.026 M♃
Density
2.07 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.378
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#754of 1978

top 38.1%

This planet

2.79R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-319 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.071.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 301540319

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3811688440459523200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3811688440459523200

System

K2-319

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.790 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.200 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 26.68 d · percentile 70 / cohort 1946
Distance 209.07 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.378 · percentile 48 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
26.680 days
Semi-major axis
0.1516 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.45 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 26.68 Earth days (7.3% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.1516 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.083 %

Impact parameter b

0.350

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,915.5920

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 830 ppm.

Eq. Temperature

641K

(368 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.378

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2020-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-319

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,440 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.898 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.954 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.512 dex

Stellar density

1.621 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

8.64 km/s

Distance
209.07 parsec
Light-years 681.90 ly
V-band magnitude
12.21 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,025,264 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.815.515.46U12.99B12.21V11.94Gaia11.93Kepler11.41TESS15.25Sloan g11.96Sloan r11.80Sloan i13.79Sloan z10.71J10.31H10.22K10.10W110.17W210.18W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.755 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.917 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.86 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.972 · y = 0.228 · z = 0.053

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 166.80101° · Dec 3.03994°

Galactic ℓ, b

252.451° · 55.343°

Ecliptic λ, β

166.670° · -2.410°

HTM-20 index

1455908156

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