Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

K2-290 c

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white K2-290, located approximately 890.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 246.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.93 g
  • An orbital period of 48.367 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3050 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 676 K (403 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 890.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.229
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,697,073 years

1 sibling around K2-290

K2-290 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
K2-290 b Sub-Neptune 3.06 10.90 9.212 1,230 2019
K2-290 c this Gas Giant 11.28 246.00 48.367 676 2019

K2-290 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.006 R♃
Mass
246.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.774 M♃
Density
1.01 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.229
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

#1621of 1771

top 91.5%

This planet

11.28R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-290 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00246.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.011.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 246.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 70803960

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6253844468882760832

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6253844468883543680

System

K2-290

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.276 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1771
Mass 246.000 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 48.37 d · percentile 50 / cohort 1533
Distance 272.91 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.229 · percentile 41 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
48.367 days
Semi-major axis
0.3050 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 48.37 Earth days (13.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3050 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

8.140 h

Impact parameter b

0.474

Rp / R★

0.068480

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,019.1733

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.068480

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

43.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.474

RV semi-amplitude (K)

38.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,019.1733

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

153.00°

True obliquity (ψ)

124.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.12000

Eq. Temperature

676K

(403 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.229

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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

Hjorth et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: K2-290

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,302 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.511 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.194 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.230 dex

Stellar density

0.485 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

19.76 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.50 km/s

Rotation period

6.63 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
272.91 parsec
Light-years 890.11 ly
V-band magnitude
11.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,697,073 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.914.514.11U11.68B11.11V10.82Gaia10.78Kepler10.40TESS14.45Sloan g14.01Sloan r14.10Sloan i12.81Sloan z9.77J9.48H9.42K9.40W19.41W29.40W38.95W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.636 mas

Total Proper Motion

32.040 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

27.22 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.540 · y = -0.767 · z = -0.345

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 234.85788° · Dec -20.19890°

Galactic ℓ, b

348.052° · 27.599°

Ecliptic λ, β

237.296° · -0.660°

HTM-20 index

-118211989

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