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We report the discovery of K2-287b, a Saturn mass planet orbiting a G-dwarf with a period of $P approx 15$ days. First uncovered as a candidate using K2 campaign 15 data, follow-up photometry and spectroscopy were used to determine a mass of $M_P = 0.317 pm 0.026$ $M_J$, radius $R_P = 0.833 pm 0.013$ $R_J$, period $P = 14.893291 pm 0.000025$ days and eccentricity $e = 0.476 pm 0.026$. The host star is a metal-rich $V=11.410 pm 0.129$ mag G dwarf for which we estimate a mass $M_* = 1.056$ $M_odot$, radius $R_* = 1.07 pm 0.01$ $R_odot$, metallicity [Fe/H] = $0.20 pm 0.05$ and $T_{eff} = 5673 pm 75$ K. This warm eccentric planet with a time-averaged equilibrium temperature of $T_{eq} approx 800$ K adds to the small sample of giant planets orbiting nearby stars whose structure is not expected to be affected by stellar irradiation. Follow-up studies on the K2-287 system could help in constraining theories of migration of planets in close-in orbits.
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