Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

K2-419 A b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange K2-419 A, located approximately 876.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 196.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.76 g
  • An orbital period of 20.358 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1208 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 377 K (104 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 876.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.384
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,454,118 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-419 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.941 R♃
Mass
196.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.617 M♃
Density
0.92 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.76 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.384
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1721of 1771

top 97.1%

This planet

10.55R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-419 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00196.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.921.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.762.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.300.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 196.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 437054764

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 605593554127479936

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 605593554127479936

System

K2-419

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.550 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1771
Mass 196.000 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 20.36 d · percentile 48 / cohort 1533
Distance 268.69 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.384 · percentile 81 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.358 days
Semi-major axis
0.1208 AU
Eccentricity
0.042
Inclination
89.54 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.36 Earth days (5.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1208 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

3.912 %

Duration

3.574 h

Impact parameter b

0.389

Rp / R★

0.180500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,553.7138

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 39,120 ppm lasting ≈ 3.57 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.180500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

48.460

Impact parameter (b)

0.389

RV semi-amplitude (K)

67.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,553.7138

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.97°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.45000

Eq. Temperature

377K

(104 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.384

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Kanodia et al. 2024

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2024-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-419 A

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,711 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.541 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.562 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.740 dex

Stellar density

4.990 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
268.69 parsec
Light-years 876.33 ly
V-band magnitude
16.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,454,118 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.619.819.76U17.82B16.52V15.73Gaia15.73Kepler14.68TESS17.28Sloan g15.91Sloan r15.07Sloan i14.61Sloan z13.36J12.74H12.56K12.42W112.33W212.03W38.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.694 mas

Total Proper Motion

76.669 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-71.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-27.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.688 · y = 0.688 · z = 0.230

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 135.01949° · Dec 13.27371°

Galactic ℓ, b

215.148° · 34.456°

Ecliptic λ, β

133.612° · -3.612°

HTM-20 index

255525173

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