Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

K2-190 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-190, located approximately 524.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.09 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.34 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 21.574 days
  • Distance from Earth 524.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.975
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,241,872 years

1 sibling around K2-190

K2-190 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
K2-190 b Super-Earth 1.36 2.41 10.099 2018
K2-190 c this Rocky Terrestrial 1.09 1.34 21.574 2018

K2-190 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.09 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.098 R♃
Mass
1.34 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.004 M♃
Density
5.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.975
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#238of 570

top 41.6%

This planet

1.09R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-190 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.34317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 392469577

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3607243530404017280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3607243530404017280

System

K2-190

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.093 R⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 570
Mass 1.340 M⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 570
Orbital period 21.57 d · percentile 93 / cohort 567
Distance 160.68 pc · percentile 28 / cohort 566
ESI 0.975 · percentile 96 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
21.574 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 21.57 Earth days (5.9% of a terrestrial year).

Transit Fingerprint

Rp / R★

0.010986

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,228.6926

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.975

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mayo et al. 2018

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2018-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-190

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,631 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.912 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.905 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

1.482 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-10.64 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
160.68 parsec
Light-years 524.06 ly
V-band magnitude
11.14 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,241,872 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.611.811.78B11.14V10.96Gaia10.89Kepler10.49TESS9.83J9.45H9.41K9.35W19.39W29.36W38.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.195 mas

Total Proper Motion

114.871 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-114.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.880 · y = -0.417 · z = -0.228

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 205.36305° · Dec -13.16087°

Galactic ℓ, b

321.268° · 47.922°

Ecliptic λ, β

208.270° · -2.464°

HTM-20 index

1010960487

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