Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 180053 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 180053, located approximately 447.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 697.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.94 g
  • An orbital period of 213.720 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8430 AU
  • Distance from Earth 446.97 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.374
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,882,385 years

HD 180053 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.190 R♃
Mass
697.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.194 M♃
Density
1.63 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.374
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 180053 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00697.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.631.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 697.319 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 180053

HIP

HIP 94465

TIC

TIC 29898060

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2050321081068398720

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2050321081068398720

System

HD 180053

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 697.319 M⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 213.72 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1533
Distance 137.04 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.374 · percentile 77 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
213.720 days
Semi-major axis
0.8430 AU
Eccentricity
0.081
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 213.72 Earth days (58.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.8430 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.374

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Luhn et al. 2019

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2019-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 180053

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,131 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

4.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.750 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.540 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-5.72 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
137.04 parsec
Light-years 446.97 ly
V-band magnitude
7.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,882,385 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.88.88.85B7.93V7.70Gaia7.16TESS6.33J5.96H5.84K5.87W15.79W25.85W35.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.268 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.579 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

28.85 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.259 · y = -0.778 · z = 0.572

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.40084° · Dec 34.91467°

Galactic ℓ, b

66.689° · 10.983°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.026° · 56.577°

HTM-20 index

809707120

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