Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-290 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-290, located approximately 2,265.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.75 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 36.770 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2050 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 437 K (164 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,265.57 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.541
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,953,283 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-290

Kepler-290 c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-290 d Rocky Terrestrial 0.86 0.57 0.764 1,589 2023
Kepler-290 b Sub-Neptune 2.25 5.69 14.589 594 2014
Kepler-290 c this Sub-Neptune 2.70 7.75 36.770 437 2014

Kepler-290 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.241 R♃
Mass
7.75 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.541
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#865of 1978

top 43.7%

This planet

2.70R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-290 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.75317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.006.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158218214

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105538623730974848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105538623730974848

System

Kepler-290

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.700 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.750 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 36.77 d · percentile 78 / cohort 1946
Distance 694.63 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.541 · percentile 75 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
36.770 days
Semi-major axis
0.2050 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.44 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 36.77 Earth days (10.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2050 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.135 %

Duration

4.278 h

Impact parameter b

0.220

Rp / R★

0.041465

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,997.2932

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,347 ppm lasting ≈ 4.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.041465

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

33.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.220

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,997.2932

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.29500

Eq. Temperature

437K

(164 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

6.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.541

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.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-290

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,147 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.743 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.756 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.622 dex

Stellar density

2.090 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
694.63 parsec
Light-years 2,265.57 ly
V-band magnitude
15.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,953,283 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.816.616.59B15.78V15.56Gaia15.60Kepler14.95TESS16.30Sloan g15.51Sloan r15.29Sloan i15.13Sloan z14.05J13.58H13.45K13.48W113.57W212.37W38.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.411 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.358 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.16 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.208 · y = -0.705 · z = 0.678

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.41003° · Dec 42.68151°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.316° · 15.581°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.824° · 64.487°

HTM-20 index

1302520474

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