Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

K2-289 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) K2-289, located approximately 894.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 61.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.74 g
  • An orbital period of 13.157 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1070 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 753 K (480 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 894.65 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.189
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,777,080 years

K2-289 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.812 R♃
Mass
61.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.192 M♃
Density
0.45 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.74 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.189
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#80of 574

top 13.8%

This planet

9.10R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-289 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0061.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.451.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.742.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 413753029

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4325505960880989952

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4325505960880989952

System

K2-289

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.100 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 574
Mass 61.000 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 574
Orbital period 13.16 d · percentile 43 / cohort 524
Distance 274.30 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 572
ESI 0.189 · percentile 25 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.157 days
Semi-major axis
0.1070 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
88.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.16 Earth days (3.6% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.1070 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.762 %

Duration

4.032 h

Impact parameter b

0.600

Rp / R★

0.081000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,897.1433

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 7,619 ppm lasting ≈ 4.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.081000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.600

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,897.1433

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.39000

Eq. Temperature

753K

(480 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.189

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Livingston et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-289

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,529 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.025 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.953 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.393 dex

Stellar density

1.240 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
274.30 parsec
Light-years 894.65 ly
V-band magnitude
14.81 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,777,080 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.715.815.84B14.81V13.79Gaia14.04Kepler12.86TESS11.44J10.85H10.64K10.53W110.53W210.27W38.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.617 mas

Total Proper Motion

42.903 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-21.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

-37.01 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.381 · y = -0.883 · z = -0.272

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 246.64294° · Dec -15.79254°

Galactic ℓ, b

0.072° · 22.451°

Ecliptic λ, β

247.447° · 5.837°

HTM-20 index

-249798274

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories