Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-369 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-369, located approximately 605.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.31 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.28 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 5.762 days
  • Distance from Earth 605.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.939
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,672,392 years

K2-369 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.31 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.117 R♃
Mass
2.28 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.53 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.939
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

#1071of 1176

top 91.0%

This planet

1.31R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-369 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.28317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.531.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 49984349

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2616766622463761024

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2616766622463761024

System

K2-369

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.313 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.280 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 5.76 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1164
Distance 185.55 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.939 · percentile 100 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.762 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.34 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.76 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

2.232 h

Impact parameter b

0.727

Rp / R★

0.013700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,979.8716

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 174 ppm lasting ≈ 2.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.310

Impact parameter (b)

0.727

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,979.8716

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.939

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Christiansen et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-369

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,682 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.881 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.735 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.418 dex

Stellar density

2.217 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
185.55 parsec
Light-years 605.18 ly
V-band magnitude
11.79 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,672,392 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.712.712.67B11.79V11.37Gaia11.38Kepler10.93TESS10.36J9.98H9.93K9.91W19.93W29.96W38.67W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.361 mas

Total Proper Motion

37.456 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

37.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.40 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.848 · y = -0.495 · z = -0.189

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 329.72625° · Dec -10.87507°

Galactic ℓ, b

46.245° · -46.373°

Ecliptic λ, β

328.030° · 1.366°

HTM-20 index

1204748994

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