Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-395 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange K2-395, located approximately 935.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 4.803 days
  • Distance from Earth 935.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.691
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,491,851 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around K2-395

K2-395 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
K2-395 b this Sub-Neptune 2.60 7.26 4.803 2022
K2-395 c Sub-Neptune 3.40 11.40 8.491 2022

K2-395 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.232 R♃
Mass
7.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
2.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.691
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

#1039of 1978

top 52.5%

This planet

2.60R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-395 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 245946724

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3310124801036651008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3310124801036651008

System

K2-395

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.597 R⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.260 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 4.80 d · percentile 11 / cohort 1946
Distance 286.73 pc · percentile 34 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.691 · percentile 92 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.803 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.80 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

2.500 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.030400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,825.0089

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.440

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,825.0089

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.691

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: K2-395

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,007 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.783 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.952 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.628 dex

Stellar density

1.717 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
286.73 parsec
Light-years 935.18 ly
V-band magnitude
15.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,491,851 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.916.015.98B15.13V14.16Gaia14.17Kepler13.32TESS12.09J11.51H11.37K11.27W111.29W211.23W38.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.459 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.311 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.04 mas/yr

PM Declination

-23.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.321 · y = 0.903 · z = 0.287

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 70.44387° · Dec 16.67434°

Galactic ℓ, b

181.744° · -19.038°

Ecliptic λ, β

71.204° · -5.498°

HTM-20 index

-1943259113

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