Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

K2-58 d

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-58, located approximately 592.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.71 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 22.883 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1517 AU
  • Distance from Earth 592.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.843
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,453,595 years

2 siblings around K2-58

K2-58 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
K2-58 c Super-Earth 1.62 3.26 2.537 2016
K2-58 b Sub-Neptune 2.68 7.65 7.053 2016
K2-58 d this Super-Earth 1.71 3.57 22.883 2016

K2-58 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.71 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.153 R♃
Mass
3.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.92 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.843
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#385of 1176

top 32.7%

This planet

1.71R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-58 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.921.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0024.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 437703489

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2599975224481836672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2599975224481836672

System

K2-58

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.710 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.570 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 22.88 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1164
Distance 181.75 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.843 · percentile 93 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.883 days
Semi-major axis
0.1517 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.43 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.88 Earth days (6.3% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.1517 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.043 %

Duration

3.200 h

Impact parameter b

0.630

Rp / R★

0.018000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,998.0703

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 425 ppm lasting ≈ 3.20 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

48.668

Impact parameter (b)

0.630

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,998.0703

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.83500

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

24.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.843

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Crossfield et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-58

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,413 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.860 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.522 dex

Stellar density

2.009 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

6.49 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
181.75 parsec
Light-years 592.78 ly
V-band magnitude
12.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,453,595 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

9.113.313.30B12.42V12.13Gaia12.15Kepler11.55TESS10.77J10.31H10.22K10.19W110.26W210.18W39.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.474 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.969 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.871 · y = -0.428 · z = -0.243

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 333.82184° · Dec -14.04986°

Galactic ℓ, b

44.721° · -51.380°

Ecliptic λ, β

330.663° · -3.009°

HTM-20 index

-679001174

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