Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-385 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange K2-385, located approximately 1,372.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 2.381 days
  • Distance from Earth 1,372.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.882
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,204,502 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-385 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.137 R♃
Mass
2.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.49 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.882
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

#681of 1176

top 57.8%

This planet

1.54R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-385 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.491.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 257429687

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2552976943549668352

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2552976943549668352

System

K2-385

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.539 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.980 M⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.38 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1164
Distance 420.82 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.882 · percentile 96 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.381 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.38 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.051 %

Duration

1.920 h

Impact parameter b

0.361

Rp / R★

0.018500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,393.4544

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 506 ppm lasting ≈ 1.92 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.070

Impact parameter (b)

0.361

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,393.4544

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.882

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: K2-385

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,844 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.761 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.927 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

2.488 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
420.82 parsec
Light-years 1,372.53 ly
V-band magnitude
14.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,204,502 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.817.117.11U15.58B14.65V14.34Gaia14.34Kepler13.72TESS15.10Sloan g14.28Sloan r13.99Sloan i13.85Sloan z12.82J12.28H12.24K12.18W112.23W211.55W38.79W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.348 mas

Total Proper Motion

69.778 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

65.50 mas/yr

PM Declination

-24.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.971 · y = 0.217 · z = 0.102

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 12.61408° · Dec 5.87126°

Galactic ℓ, b

122.484° · -57.000°

Ecliptic λ, β

13.883° · 0.426°

HTM-20 index

1153895398

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