Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 20003 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 20003, located approximately 136.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.44 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 33.924 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1964 AU
  • Distance from Earth 136.44 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.554
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,406,054 years

1 sibling around HD 20003

HD 20003 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 20003 b Sub-Neptune 3.43 11.66 11.848 2019
HD 20003 c this Sub-Neptune 3.89 14.44 33.924 2019

HD 20003 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.347 R♃
Mass
14.44 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.045 M♃
Density
1.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.554
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#28of 1978

top 1.4%

This planet

3.89R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 20003 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.44317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 14.440 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 20003

HIP

HIP 14530

TIC

TIC 370137704

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4642472794978268800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4642472794978268800

System

HD 20003

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.890 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.440 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 33.92 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1946
Distance 41.83 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.554 · percentile 77 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
33.924 days
Semi-major axis
0.1964 AU
Eccentricity
0.100
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 33.92 Earth days (9.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1964 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.554

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Udry et al. 2019

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2019-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 20003

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,494 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.922 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.875 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

1.690 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-16.17 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.90 km/s

Rotation period

38.90 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
41.83 parsec
Light-years 136.44 ly
V-band magnitude
8.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,406,054 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.69.09.03B8.39V8.19Gaia7.72TESS7.09J6.76H6.65K6.62W16.61W26.64W36.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

23.876 mas

Total Proper Motion

72.337 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

71.89 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.207 · y = 0.222 · z = -0.953

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 46.90901° · Dec -72.32192°

Galactic ℓ, b

289.877° · -41.176°

Ecliptic λ, β

319.761° · -74.232°

HTM-20 index

995228547

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