Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-395 c

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 3.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 8.491 days
  • Distance from Earth 935.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.597
  • 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 c 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 Sub-Neptune 2.60 7.26 4.803 2022
K2-395 c this Sub-Neptune 3.40 11.40 8.491 2022

K2-395 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.303 R♃
Mass
11.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.036 M♃
Density
1.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.597
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

#225of 1978

top 11.3%

This planet

3.40R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-395 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
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 3.395 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.400 M⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.49 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1946
Distance 286.73 pc · percentile 34 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.597 · percentile 82 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.491 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.49 Earth days (2.3% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

2.300 h

Impact parameter b

0.677

Rp / R★

0.039700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,823.5786

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.430

Impact parameter (b)

0.677

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,823.5786

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.597

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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