Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2008

HD 183263 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 183263, located approximately 176.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,958.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 18.94 g
  • An orbital period of 4,667.978 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.5850 AU
  • Distance from Earth 176.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.393
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,117,195 years

1 sibling around HD 183263

HD 183263 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 183263 b Gas Giant 13.10 1,103.18 624.874 2004
HD 183263 c this Gas Giant 12.50 2,958.98 4,667.978 2008

HD 183263 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,958.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.310 M♃
Density
8.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
18.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.393
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2008
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 183263 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,958.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0018.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,958.982 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,192.930 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 183263

HIP

HIP 95740

TIC

TIC 134245358

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4296208099222829568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4296208099222829568

System

HD 183263

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,958.982 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4,667.98 d · percentile 92 / cohort 1533
Distance 54.20 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.393 · percentile 84 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4,667.978 days
Semi-major axis
5.5850 AU
Eccentricity
0.051
Inclination
73.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 12.78 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 5.5850 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

78.198 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,195.7000

Long. of periastron (ω)

297.16°

Angular separation (arcsec)

103.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.393

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

Wright et al. 2009

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2009-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 183263

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,948 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.13 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.230 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.060 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

0.694 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-50.34 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.60 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.110

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
54.20 parsec
Light-years 176.76 ly
V-band magnitude
7.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,117,195 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.38.58.46B7.86V7.72Gaia7.30TESS6.78J6.53H6.42K6.37W16.37W26.45W36.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.423 mas

Total Proper Motion

37.419 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-19.13 mas/yr

PM Declination

-32.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.372 · y = -0.917 · z = 0.145

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.10230° · Dec 8.35792°

Galactic ℓ, b

44.609° · -4.310°

Ecliptic λ, β

295.418° · 29.867°

HTM-20 index

-1407203443

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

3

Stellar spectra

2

Archive notes

1

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