Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-381 d

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

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • An orbital period of 26.803 days
  • Distance from Earth 475.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.848
  • 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 d 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 Sub-Neptune 2.00 4.66 16.035 2022
K2-381 d this Super-Earth 1.69 3.50 26.803 2022

K2-381 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.151 R♃
Mass
3.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.848
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

#430of 1176

top 36.5%

This planet

1.69R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-381 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
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 Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.689 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.500 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 26.80 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1164
Distance 145.70 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.848 · percentile 93 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
26.803 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 26.80 Earth days (7.3% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.052 %

Duration

2.928 h

Impact parameter b

0.497

Rp / R★

0.022900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,307.9152

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 522 ppm lasting ≈ 2.93 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

59.430

Impact parameter (b)

0.497

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,307.9152

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.848

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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