Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-381 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange K2-381, located approximately 475.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 16.035 days
  • Distance from Earth 475.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.785
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,380,373 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around K2-381

K2-381 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
K2-381 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.08 1.26 7.939 2022
K2-381 c this Sub-Neptune 2.00 4.66 16.035 2022
K2-381 d Super-Earth 1.69 3.50 26.803 2022

K2-381 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.178 R♃
Mass
4.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.785
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

#1955of 1978

top 98.8%

This planet

2.00R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-381 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 10195089

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4081376064109034496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4081376064109034496

System

K2-381

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.000 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.660 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 16.03 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1946
Distance 145.70 pc · percentile 25 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.785 · percentile 99 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.035 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.03 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.095 %

Duration

3.070 h

Impact parameter b

0.338

Rp / R★

0.027100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,304.2916

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 947 ppm lasting ≈ 3.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

39.390

Impact parameter (b)

0.338

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,304.2916

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.785

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: K2-381

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,473 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.675 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.754 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.653 dex

Stellar density

3.243 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
145.70 parsec
Light-years 475.21 ly
V-band magnitude
12.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,380,373 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

7.714.114.06B12.88V12.64Gaia12.60Kepler11.96TESS10.97J10.39H10.30K10.24W110.27W210.11W37.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.835 mas

Total Proper Motion

37.644 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-34.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

14.35 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.289 · y = -0.888 · z = -0.358

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.02676° · Dec -21.00758°

Galactic ℓ, b

16.131° · -13.786°

Ecliptic λ, β

286.793° · 1.387°

HTM-20 index

-1461627296

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