Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2003

HD 190360 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 190360, located approximately 52.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 533.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.93 g
  • An orbital period of 2,892.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.9630 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 150 K (-123 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 52.21 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.269
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 920,679 years

1 sibling around HD 190360

HD 190360 b 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 190360 c Neptune-like 5.44 25.43 17.117 2005
HD 190360 b this Gas Giant 13.50 533.95 2,892.000 150 2003

HD 190360 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
533.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.680 M♃
Density
1.19 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.269
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2003
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#671of 1771

top 37.8%

This planet

13.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 190360 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00533.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.191.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 533.952 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 460.854 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 190360

HIP

HIP 98767

TIC

TIC 105999792

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2029433521248546304

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2029433521248546304

System

HD 190360

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.500 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1771
Mass 533.952 M⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,892.00 d · percentile 88 / cohort 1533
Distance 16.01 pc · percentile 2 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.269 · percentile 49 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,892.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.9630 AU
Eccentricity
0.318
Inclination
69.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 7.92 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 3.9630 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

22.110 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,762.4000

Long. of periastron (ω)

14.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

248.00000

Eq. Temperature

150K

(-123 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.269

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — surface water would be frozen.

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Naef et al. 2003

Instrument

ELODIE Spectrograph

Publication

2003-11

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2003 at Haute-Provence Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 190360

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,552 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.201 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.991 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.298 dex

Stellar density

0.867 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-45.35 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.090

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
16.01 parsec
Light-years 52.21 ly
V-band magnitude
5.74 mag
Voyager-speed travel 920,679 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.76.56.47B5.74V5.55Gaia5.08TESS4.55J4.24H4.08K4.01W13.71W24.05W34.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

62.444 mas

Total Proper Motion

862.142 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

683.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-525.68 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.445 · y = -0.744 · z = 0.498

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 300.90925° · Dec 29.89454°

Galactic ℓ, b

67.411° · -0.676°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.602° · 48.864°

HTM-20 index

-1211378946

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

4

Stellar spectra

6

Archive notes

6

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