Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HD 180314 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 180314, located approximately 399.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7,216.93 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 50.12 g
  • An orbital period of 394.730 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.4480 AU
  • Distance from Earth 399.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.276
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,037,969 years

HD 180314 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.070 R♃
Mass
7,216.93 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
22.707 M♃
Density
22.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
50.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.276
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Subaru Telescope
Telescope 8.2 m Subaru Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1494of 1771

top 84.3%

This planet

12.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 180314 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007,216.93317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5122.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0050.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 7,216.930 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 180314

HIP

HIP 94576

TIC

TIC 392658786

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2042983077905233792

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2042983077905233792

System

HD 180314

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.000 R⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1771
Mass 7,216.930 M⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 394.73 d · percentile 64 / cohort 1533
Distance 122.36 pc · percentile 39 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.276 · percentile 51 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
394.730 days
Semi-major axis
1.4480 AU
Eccentricity
0.247
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.08 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.4480 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.276

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sato et al. 2010

Instrument

HDS Spectrograph

Publication

2010-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 180314

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,917 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.29 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

9.200 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.600 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.980 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-73.19 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
122.36 parsec
Light-years 399.09 ly
V-band magnitude
6.62 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,037,969 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.27.67.63B6.62V6.35Gaia5.76TESS4.89J4.49H4.31K4.33W14.17W24.30W34.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.144 mas

Total Proper Motion

51.104 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

46.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

20.73 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.272 · y = -0.804 · z = 0.528

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.70944° · Dec 31.86044°

Galactic ℓ, b

64.011° · 9.419°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.285° · 53.542°

HTM-20 index

-1659659829

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