Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

K2-83 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange K2-83, located approximately 409.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 9.998 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0713 AU
  • Distance from Earth 409.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.896
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,220,128 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around K2-83

K2-83 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
K2-83 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.24 2.08 2.747 2016
K2-83 c this Super-Earth 1.48 2.80 9.998 2016

K2-83 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.132 R♃
Mass
2.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.896
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

#783of 1176

top 66.5%

This planet

1.48R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-83 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.007.420.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 242988068

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 40139531695379328

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 40139531695379328

System

K2-83

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.483 R⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.800 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 10.00 d · percentile 65 / cohort 1164
Distance 125.53 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.896 · percentile 97 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.998 days
Semi-major axis
0.0713 AU
Eccentricity
0.060
Inclination
89.51 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.00 Earth days (2.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0713 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.146 %

Duration

2.770 h

Rp / R★

0.031900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,066.2703

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,462 ppm lasting ≈ 2.77 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.670

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,066.2703

Long. of periastron (ω)

-19.35°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.56800

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

7.42

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.896

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

Crossfield et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-83

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,910 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.424 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.484 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
125.53 parsec
Light-years 409.42 ly
V-band magnitude
14.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,220,128 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.916.116.06B14.52V13.80Gaia13.84Kepler12.83TESS11.60J10.95H10.77K10.65W110.63W210.57W38.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.938 mas

Total Proper Motion

44.583 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-40.43 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.483 · y = 0.833 · z = 0.268

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 59.90138° · Dec 15.55880°

Galactic ℓ, b

175.582° · -27.514°

Ecliptic λ, β

60.991° · -4.901°

HTM-20 index

-559831002

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