Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

K2-413 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange K2-413, located approximately 930.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.36 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.63 g
  • An orbital period of 0.809 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0117 AU
  • Distance from Earth 930.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.895
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,401,836 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around K2-413

K2-413 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
K2-413 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.76 0.36 0.809 2022
K2-413 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.23 2.05 5.330 2022

K2-413 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.068 R♃
Mass
0.36 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.001 M♃
Density
4.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.63 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.895
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

#504of 570

top 88.2%

This planet

0.76R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-413 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.36317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.632.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00921.760.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 423610130

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2439890557725244800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2439890557725244800

System

K2-413

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.760 R⊕ · percentile 12 / cohort 570
Mass 0.363 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 570
Orbital period 0.81 d · percentile 8 / cohort 567
Distance 285.16 pc · percentile 39 / cohort 566
ESI 0.895 · percentile 90 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.809 days
Semi-major axis
0.0117 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.95 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 19.4 hours long at a mean orbital distance of 0.0117 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

921.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.895

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water). Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Del Ser et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-413

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,116 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.700 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.808 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.656 dex

Stellar density

2.183 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
285.16 parsec
Light-years 930.07 ly
V-band magnitude
15.01 mag
Voyager-speed travel 16,401,836 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.716.516.47B15.01V14.58Gaia14.56Kepler13.77TESS12.64J12.01H11.86K11.78W111.86W212.16W38.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.478 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.155 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.985 · y = -0.114 · z = -0.132

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 353.41757° · Dec -7.61203°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.992° · -63.157°

Ecliptic λ, β

350.940° · -4.378°

HTM-20 index

703776014

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