Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HD 192310 c

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange HD 192310, located approximately 28.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 24.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.87 g
  • An orbital period of 525.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1800 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 185 K (-88 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 28.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.398
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 505,975 years

1 sibling around HD 192310

HD 192310 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 192310 b Neptune-like 4.27 16.90 74.720 355 2011
HD 192310 c this Neptune-like 5.25 24.00 525.800 185 2011

HD 192310 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.469 R♃
Mass
24.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.076 M♃
Density
0.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.87 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.398
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#348of 574

top 60.5%

This planet

5.25R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 192310 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0024.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.872.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 24.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 24.000 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 192310

HIP

HIP 99825

TIC

TIC 326096771

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6847167606385195648

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6847167606385195648

System

HD 192310

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.250 R⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 574
Mass 24.000 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 574
Orbital period 525.80 d · percentile 95 / cohort 524
Distance 8.80 pc · percentile 1 / cohort 572
ESI 0.398 · percentile 73 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
525.800 days
Semi-major axis
1.1800 AU
Eccentricity
0.320
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.44 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.1800 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.270 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,256.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

110.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

134.00000

Eq. Temperature

185K

(-88 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.398

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Pepe et al. 2011

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2011-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 192310

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,166 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.81 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.858 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

2.146 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-54.22 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
8.80 parsec
Light-years 28.69 ly
V-band magnitude
5.73 mag
Voyager-speed travel 505,975 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

3.26.66.63B5.73V5.48Gaia4.93TESS4.81Ic4.11J3.58H3.50K3.68W13.21W23.59W33.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

113.648 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,255.650 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1,242.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

-181.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.496 · y = -0.740 · z = -0.455

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 303.82847° · Dec -27.03376°

Galactic ℓ, b

15.626° · -29.403°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.973° · -7.047°

HTM-20 index

-1487542827

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

5

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