The K2-290 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 890.11 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.19 solar masses |
Radius | 1.51 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6302 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.06 decimal exponent |
Age | 4 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-290 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 10.900 Earth masses |
Density | 4.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.060 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0923 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 9.212 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2019-04 |
Reference | Hjorth et al. 2019 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, K2-290 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 246.000 Earth masses |
Density | 1.010 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 11.276 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.305 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 48.367 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2019-04 |
Reference | Hjorth et al. 2019 |