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Uncommon exoplanet 27 EP

K2-290 c

RA 234.8579° · Dec -20.1989° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
27 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Two suns in its sky +12
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 27

7 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Two suns in its sky · +12

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Hugging its star. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
  • What it is made of. Lighter than Neptune — a puffed-up ball of hydrogen and helium with no surface anywhere on it to stand on.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11.1 you'll want a small backyard telescope.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around May — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Properties

density gcc
1.01
diameter km
143842.1513
discovery facility
K2
discovery method
Transit
discovery year
2019
dist ly
890.1091
eccentricity
0
eq temp k
676
host star teff
6302
inclination
89.37
insolation
28.2979
mag
11.114
mass earth
246.0004
multi star system
yes
name
K2-290 c
orbital period days
48.3668
radius earth
11.2763
semi major au
0.305
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
3

About K2-290 c

K2-290 c is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 890.1 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.11, has an equilibrium temperature near 676 K and spans roughly 11.28 Earth radii.

It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 11.11, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, K2-290 c is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why K2-290 c is an uncommon exoplanet

K2-290 c scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Multi-planet system and Two suns in its sky — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.