Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

K2-210 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-210, located approximately 575.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.77 g
  • An orbital period of 0.570 days
  • Distance from Earth 575.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.939
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,152,433 years

K2-210 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.077 R♃
Mass
0.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
4.89 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.939
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

#444of 570

top 77.7%

This planet

0.86R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-210 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.891.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 388801714

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2538051863476537984

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2538051863476537984

System

K2-210

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.860 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 570
Mass 0.566 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 570
Orbital period 0.57 d · percentile 3 / cohort 567
Distance 176.51 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 566
ESI 0.939 · percentile 92 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.570 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 13.7 hours long.

Transit Fingerprint

Rp / R★

0.008740

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,465.8038

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.939

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: K2-210

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,500 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.912 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.600 dex

Stellar density

1.942 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

0.09 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
176.51 parsec
Light-years 575.70 ly
V-band magnitude
11.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,152,433 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.615.315.30U12.88B11.54V11.58Gaia11.51Kepler11.08TESS12.48Sloan g11.60Sloan r11.41Sloan i11.93Sloan z10.35J10.00H9.92K9.88W19.93W210.00W38.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.637 mas

Total Proper Motion

77.614 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

70.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

31.92 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.953 · y = 0.303 · z = 0.028

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 17.64127° · Dec 1.57841°

Galactic ℓ, b

132.806° · -60.926°

Ecliptic λ, β

16.867° · -5.465°

HTM-20 index

-1407329940

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