ExoAtmospheres
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K2-22 b

Planet status Confirmed
Planet type UltraHot Sub-Neptune
Period 0.381078 d
Mass 1.4 MJ 444.92 M⊕
Radius 0.223 RJ 2.4976 R⊕
Semi major axis 0.0088 AU
Star name K2-22
Star distance 245.53 pc
Star teff 3830 K
Star radius 0.57 R☉
Temperature (calculated) 2100 K
V 17 mag
J 12.726 mag
K 11.924 mag
Alternate names K2-22 b, 2MASS J11175587+0237086 b, EPIC 201637175 A b, EPIC 201637175 b, EPIC 201637175.01, K2-22 A b, WISE J111755.84+023708.4 b
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Molecules

Featureless spectra: No detection

JWST-MIRI

A Disintegrating Rocky World Shrouded in Dust and Gas: Mid-IR Observations of K2-22b using JWST

2025, Nick Tusay, Jason T. Wright et al.

Only 1 of 4 transits are detected. For that transit, flat line model is strongly disfavored

Na: Upper limit Ca+: Upper limit

G-B: High resolution visible

Search for gas from the disintegrating rocky exoplanet K2-22b

2019, A. R. Ridden-Harper, I. A. G. Snellen et al.

Four transits with VTL/X-SHOOTER. Na upper limit of 13%, and Ca II upper limit of 2%.

Na: Upper limit

G-B: High resolution visible

Monitoring of the D Doublet of Neutral Sodium during Transits of Two "Evaporating" Planets

2019, Eric Gaidos, Teruyuki Hirano et al.