Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-382 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-382, located approximately 908.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.07 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • An orbital period of 21.700 days
  • Distance from Earth 908.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.773
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,013,592 years

K2-382 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.07 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.185 R♃
Mass
4.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
3.06 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.773
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

#1858of 1978

top 93.9%

This planet

2.07R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-382 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.061.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 187960878

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4083952670840373504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4083952670840373504

System

K2-382

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.072 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.950 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 21.70 d · percentile 65 / cohort 1946
Distance 278.41 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.773 · percentile 99 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
21.700 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 21.70 Earth days (5.9% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.079 %

Duration

4.104 h

Impact parameter b

0.346

Rp / R★

0.023400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,314.3647

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 789 ppm lasting ≈ 4.10 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

40.810

Impact parameter (b)

0.346

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,314.3647

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.773

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: K2-382

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,452 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.811 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.922 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.585 dex

Stellar density

2.298 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
278.41 parsec
Light-years 908.06 ly
V-band magnitude
12.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,013,592 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

11.013.813.79B12.98V12.77Gaia12.75Kepler12.24TESS11.48J11.11H11.05K11.00W111.03W211.17W3

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.564 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.312 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.28 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.282 · y = -0.899 · z = -0.336

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.41253° · Dec -19.62693°

Galactic ℓ, b

17.179° · -12.692°

Ecliptic λ, β

286.388° · 2.827°

HTM-20 index

1680572735

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