Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

K2-110 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange K2-110, located approximately 379.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.59 Earth radii
  • A mass of 15.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.37 g
  • An orbital period of 13.864 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1021 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 638 K (365 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 379.89 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.425
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,699,306 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

K2-110 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.59 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.231 R♃
Mass
15.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.050 M♃
Density
5.02 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.37 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.425
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1042of 1978

top 52.6%

This planet

2.59R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-110 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0015.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.021.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.372.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0027.700.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 15.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 287333762

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3613175223837135616

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3613175223837135616

System

K2-110

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.592 R⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1978
Mass 15.900 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 13.86 d · percentile 47 / cohort 1946
Distance 116.47 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.425 · percentile 57 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.864 days
Semi-major axis
0.1021 AU
Eccentricity
0.130
Inclination
89.35 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.86 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1021 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.136 %

Duration

3.220 h

Impact parameter b

0.340

Rp / R★

0.033300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,275.3299

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,361 ppm lasting ≈ 3.22 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

30.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.340

RV semi-amplitude (K)

5.250 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,275.3299

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.87600

Eq. Temperature

638K

(365 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

27.70

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.425

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

Osborn et al. 2017

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2017-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-110

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,010 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.713 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.738 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.610 dex

Stellar density

3.515 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-21.63 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.10 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.063

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
116.47 parsec
Light-years 379.89 ly
V-band magnitude
11.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,699,306 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.712.812.83B11.99V11.66Gaia11.59Kepler11.06TESS10.18J9.64H9.61K9.52W19.58W29.48W38.70W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.557 mas

Total Proper Motion

111.656 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

45.13 mas/yr

PM Declination

-102.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.868 · y = -0.449 · z = -0.213

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 207.34974° · Dec -12.28492°

Galactic ℓ, b

324.430° · 48.153°

Ecliptic λ, β

209.769° · -0.954°

HTM-20 index

-802084527

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