Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 125390 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 125390, located approximately 501.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8,646.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 61.06 g
  • An orbital period of 1,757.392 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.4960 AU
  • Distance from Earth 501.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.255
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,837,408 years

HD 125390 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.060 R♃
Mass
8,646.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
27.204 M♃
Density
28.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
61.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.255
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1526of 1771

top 86.1%

This planet

11.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 125390 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008,646.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5128.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0061.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8,646.204 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 7,043.113 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 125390

HIP

HIP 69888

TIC

TIC 27354139

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1484890423248544256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1484890423248544256

System

HD 125390

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.900 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 8,646.204 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,757.39 d · percentile 83 / cohort 1533
Distance 153.65 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.255 · percentile 46 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,757.392 days
Semi-major axis
3.4960 AU
Eccentricity
0.597
Inclination
84.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.81 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 3.4960 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.255

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Luhn et al. 2019

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2019-04

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2019 at W. M. Keck Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 125390

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,882 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

6.470 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.040 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-76.52 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
153.65 parsec
Light-years 501.13 ly
V-band magnitude
8.21 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,837,408 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.89.29.18B8.21V7.94Gaia7.35TESS6.42J5.98H5.88K5.85W15.83W25.84W35.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.480 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.524 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.640 · y = -0.441 · z = 0.629

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 214.53875° · Dec 38.96691°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.647° · 68.401°

Ecliptic λ, β

193.541° · 48.792°

HTM-20 index

17719702

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