Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-367 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange K2-367, located approximately 577.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.41 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 20.645 days
  • Distance from Earth 577.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.717
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,178,603 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-367 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.41 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.215 R♃
Mass
6.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.51 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.717
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1311of 1978

top 66.2%

This planet

2.41R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-367 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 12821302

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2601048588348190976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2601048588348190976

System

K2-367

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.413 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.410 M⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 20.65 d · percentile 63 / cohort 1946
Distance 176.97 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.717 · percentile 94 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.645 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.65 Earth days (5.7% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.132 %

Duration

2.376 h

Impact parameter b

0.830

Rp / R★

0.035300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,997.3941

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,320 ppm lasting ≈ 2.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.035300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

45.050

Impact parameter (b)

0.830

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,997.3941

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.717

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Christiansen et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-367

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,348 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.625 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.756 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.35

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.726 dex

Stellar density

4.016 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
176.97 parsec
Light-years 577.18 ly
V-band magnitude
13.79 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,178,603 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.915.014.97B13.79V13.40Gaia13.42Kepler12.69TESS11.67J11.09H10.96K10.87W110.93W210.99W38.92W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.622 mas

Total Proper Motion

43.258 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-13.97 mas/yr

PM Declination

40.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.902 · y = -0.367 · z = -0.229

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 337.85885° · Dec -13.26446°

Galactic ℓ, b

48.862° · -54.509°

Ecliptic λ, β

334.609° · -3.704°

HTM-20 index

849643076

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