Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-375 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-375, located approximately 2,270.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 14.454 days
  • Distance from Earth 2,270.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.744
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 40,038,007 years

K2-375 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.200 R♃
Mass
5.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.744
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

#1606of 1978

top 81.1%

This planet

2.24R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-375 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 175290532

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 661453074146753152

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 661453074146753152

System

K2-375

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.243 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.660 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 14.45 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1946
Distance 696.10 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.744 · percentile 96 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.454 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
87.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.45 Earth days (4.0% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

6.792 h

Impact parameter b

0.284

Rp / R★

0.013300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,147.3436

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 298 ppm lasting ≈ 6.79 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.284

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,147.3436

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.744

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: K2-375

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,822 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.543 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.119 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.107 dex

Stellar density

0.398 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
696.10 parsec
Light-years 2,270.37 ly
V-band magnitude
13.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 40,038,007 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.715.615.57U13.73B13.16V12.96Gaia12.91Kepler12.52TESS13.48Sloan g13.02Sloan r12.89Sloan i13.64Sloan z11.90J11.59H11.56K11.51W111.57W211.37W38.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.408 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.756 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.68 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.609 · y = 0.713 · z = 0.348

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 130.50131° · Dec 20.35930°

Galactic ℓ, b

205.299° · 33.076°

Ecliptic λ, β

127.534° · 2.042°

HTM-20 index

-2062949026

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