Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-377 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange K2-377, located approximately 636.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.51 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 12.832 days
  • Distance from Earth 636.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.847
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 11,224,504 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-377 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.151 R♃
Mass
3.51 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.847
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

#413of 1176

top 35.0%

This planet

1.69R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-377 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.51317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 422325510

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3610557458450018944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3610557458450018944

System

K2-377

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.693 R⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.510 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 12.83 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1164
Distance 195.15 pc · percentile 24 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.847 · percentile 93 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.832 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.83 Earth days (3.5% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.075 %

Duration

3.408 h

Impact parameter b

0.262

Rp / R★

0.022400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,230.1429

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 754 ppm lasting ≈ 3.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

30.040

Impact parameter (b)

0.262

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,230.1429

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.847

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: K2-377

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,200 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.691 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.821 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.673 dex

Stellar density

2.794 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
195.15 parsec
Light-years 636.49 ly
V-band magnitude
14.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 11,224,504 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

9.215.315.31B14.11V13.59Gaia13.56Kepler12.84TESS11.74J11.15H10.99K10.94W111.00W211.12W39.23W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.096 mas

Total Proper Motion

97.362 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-97.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.92 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.901 · y = -0.380 · z = -0.210

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 202.89789° · Dec -12.09511°

Galactic ℓ, b

318.174° · 49.585°

Ecliptic λ, β

205.640° · -2.345°

HTM-20 index

70987393

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