Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HD 10180 h

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 10180, located approximately 127.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 64.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.73 g
  • An orbital period of 2,205.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.3810 AU
  • Distance from Earth 127.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.319
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,240,926 years

5 siblings around HD 10180

HD 10180 h shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 10180 c Unclassified 2,741.59 5.760 2010
HD 10180 d Unclassified 3,295.88 16.357 2010
HD 10180 e Neptune-like 5.39 25.10 49.748 2010
HD 10180 f Neptune-like 5.24 23.90 122.744 2010
HD 10180 g Unclassified 3,375.34 604.670 2010
HD 10180 h this Neptune-like 9.40 64.40 2,205.000 2010

HD 10180 h Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.838 R♃
Mass
64.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.203 M♃
Density
0.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.319
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#50of 574

top 8.5%

This planet

9.40R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 10180 h Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0064.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 65.664 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 64.400 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 10180

HIP

HIP 7599

TIC

TIC 231836962

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4716158250340258944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4716158250340258944

System

HD 10180

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.400 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 574
Mass 64.400 M⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 574
Orbital period 2,205.00 d · percentile 99 / cohort 524
Distance 38.96 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 572
ESI 0.319 · percentile 55 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,205.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.3810 AU
Eccentricity
0.095
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.04 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 3.3810 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.319

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lovis et al. 2011

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2011-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 10180

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,911 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.109 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.060 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.390 dex

Stellar density

0.922 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

35.53 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.040

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
38.96 parsec
Light-years 127.07 ly
V-band magnitude
7.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,240,926 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.87.97.91B7.33V7.17Gaia6.76TESS6.25J5.93H5.87K5.84W15.80W25.88W35.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

25.638 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.588 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.448 · y = 0.204 · z = -0.870

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 24.47311° · Dec -60.51149°

Galactic ℓ, b

292.805° · -55.694°

Ecliptic λ, β

340.440° · -61.611°

HTM-20 index

327679115

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