Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-411 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-411, located approximately 972.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.96 g
  • An orbital period of 3.214 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0511 AU
  • Distance from Earth 972.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.989
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,152,843 years

K2-411 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.088 R♃
Mass
0.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.989
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#352of 570

top 61.6%

This planet

0.99R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-411 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00619.040.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 440701570

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 50884474718017408

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 50884474718017408

System

K2-411

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.990 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 570
Mass 0.937 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 570
Orbital period 3.21 d · percentile 36 / cohort 567
Distance 298.22 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 566
ESI 0.989 · percentile 98 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.214 days
Semi-major axis
0.0511 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.21 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.0511 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

619.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.989

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Del Ser et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-411

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,711 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.375 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.018 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.169 dex

Stellar density

0.552 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
298.22 parsec
Light-years 972.66 ly
V-band magnitude
12.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,152,843 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.913.012.96B12.27V11.99Gaia11.94Kepler11.46TESS10.70J10.36H10.27K10.25W110.28W210.28W38.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.325 mas

Total Proper Motion

62.426 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

39.50 mas/yr

PM Declination

-48.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.500 · y = 0.800 · z = 0.332

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 58.00363° · Dec 19.39099°

Galactic ℓ, b

171.084° · -26.151°

Ecliptic λ, β

60.006° · -0.779°

HTM-20 index

-1983304480

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