Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 110113 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 110113, located approximately 346.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.35 g
  • An orbital period of 6.744 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0680 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 990 K (717 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 346.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.280
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,114,524 years

1 sibling around HD 110113

HD 110113 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
HD 110113 b Sub-Neptune 2.05 4.55 2.541 1,371 2021
HD 110113 c this Sub-Neptune 2.11 10.50 6.744 990 2021

HD 110113 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.189 R♃
Mass
10.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
6.11 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.35 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.280
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1805of 1978

top 91.2%

This planet

2.11R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 110113 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.111.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.352.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00199.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.500 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 110113

HIP

HIP 61820

TIC

TIC 73228647

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6133384959942131968

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6133384959942131968

System

HD 110113

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.114 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.500 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.74 d · percentile 21 / cohort 1946
Distance 106.31 pc · percentile 21 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.280 · percentile 23 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.744 days
Semi-major axis
0.0680 AU
Eccentricity
0.045
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.74 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0680 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.045 %

Duration

1.371 h

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,576.1593

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 451 ppm lasting ≈ 1.37 h.

Eq. Temperature

990K

(717 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

199.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.280

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Osborn et al. 2021

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 110113

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,732 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.968 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.997 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.512 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

17.13 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.74 km/s

Rotation period

20.80 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
106.31 parsec
Light-years 346.73 ly
V-band magnitude
10.09 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,114,524 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.210.710.68B10.09V9.91Gaia9.46TESS8.90J8.59H8.50K8.44W18.49W28.45W38.16W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.379 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.182 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.68 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.705 · y = -0.125 · z = -0.699

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 190.03656° · Dec -44.31208°

Galactic ℓ, b

300.802° · 18.513°

Ecliptic λ, β

209.103° · -36.251°

HTM-20 index

-843181424

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