Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

7 CMa c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange 7 CMa, located approximately 64.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 276.51 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.43 g
  • An orbital period of 996.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.1530 AU
  • Distance from Earth 64.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.297
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,139,430 years

1 sibling around 7 CMa

7 CMa 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
7 CMa b Gas Giant 13.40 587.99 735.100 2011
7 CMa c this Gas Giant 13.90 276.51 996.000 2019

7 CMa c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
276.51 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.870 M♃
Density
0.57 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.297
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#456of 1771

top 25.7%

This planet

13.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 7 CMa c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00276.51317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.571.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 276.512 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 276.512 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 47205

HIP

HIP 31592

TIC

TIC 48237215

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2939555954747554176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2939555954755196160

System

7 CMa

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 276.512 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 996.00 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1533
Distance 19.81 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.297 · percentile 57 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
996.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.1530 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.73 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 2.1530 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.297

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Luque et al. 2019

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2019-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: 7 CMa

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,826 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.340 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.190 dex

Rotational v·sin i

1.15 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
19.81 parsec
Light-years 64.61 ly
V-band magnitude
3.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,139,430 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

-0.75.05.01B3.95V3.68Gaia3.07TESS2.94Ic2.17J1.68H1.56K-0.68W1-0.53W21.65W31.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

50.457 mas

Total Proper Motion

95.623 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

61.99 mas/yr

PM Declination

-72.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.150 · y = 0.932 · z = -0.330

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 99.17128° · Dec -19.25618°

Galactic ℓ, b

228.689° · -11.796°

Ecliptic λ, β

101.738° · -42.322°

HTM-20 index

-730676201

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