Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

K2-352 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-352, located approximately 574.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.92 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.35 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • An orbital period of 8.235 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 885 K (612 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 574.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.314
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,126,032 years

2 siblings around K2-352

K2-352 c 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
K2-352 b Super-Earth 1.37 2.45 3.666 1,160 2021
K2-352 c this Super-Earth 1.92 4.35 8.235 885 2021
K2-352 d Sub-Neptune 2.23 5.60 14.871 727 2021

K2-352 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.92 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.171 R♃
Mass
4.35 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.38 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.314
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#102of 1176

top 8.6%

This planet

1.92R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-352 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.35317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.381.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 86130229

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 632634358985725184

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 632634358985725184

System

K2-352

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.920 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.350 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 8.23 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1164
Distance 176.05 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.314 · percentile 40 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.235 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.23 Earth days (2.3% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.040 %

Duration

3.590 h

Impact parameter b

0.410

Rp / R★

0.018500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,098.7169

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 401 ppm lasting ≈ 3.59 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.350

Impact parameter (b)

0.410

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,098.7169

Eq. Temperature

885K

(612 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.314

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

De Leon et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-352

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,791 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.950 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

1.778 g/cm³

Rotation period

17.59 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
176.05 parsec
Light-years 574.20 ly
V-band magnitude
11.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,126,032 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.915.115.08U11.95B11.13V11.11Gaia11.12Kepler10.67TESS11.63Sloan g11.15Sloan r11.02Sloan i11.31Sloan z10.04J9.76H9.69K9.66W19.70W29.72W38.92W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.652 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.493 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

20.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.731 · y = 0.604 · z = 0.317

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 140.44515° · Dec 18.46963°

Galactic ℓ, b

211.549° · 41.250°

Ecliptic λ, β

137.070° · 2.889°

HTM-20 index

-2103810399

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