Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

HD 204313 c

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 204313, located approximately 155.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.31 Earth radii
  • A mass of 17.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.92 g
  • An orbital period of 34.959 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2110 AU
  • Distance from Earth 155.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.521
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,749,025 years

Context from the literature

HD 204313 is a star with two and possibly three exoplanetary companions in the southern constellation of Capricornus. With an apparent magnitude of 7.99, it is an eighth magnitude star that is too faint to be readily visible to the naked eye. The star is located at a distance of 157 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −10 km/s.

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2 siblings around HD 204313

HD 204313 c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 204313 c this Neptune-like 4.31 17.16 34.959 2015
HD 204313 b Gas Giant 12.90 1,466.78 2,041.115 2010
HD 204313 e Gas Giant 12.20 4,868.18 7,325.647 2022

HD 204313 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.31 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.385 R♃
Mass
17.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.054 M♃
Density
1.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.521
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#491of 574

top 85.4%

This planet

4.31R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 204313 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.3111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0017.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 17.163 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 204313

HIP

HIP 106006

TIC

TIC 99734092

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6828450688663428224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6828450688663428224

System

HD 204313

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.310 R⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 574
Mass 17.163 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 574
Orbital period 34.96 d · percentile 63 / cohort 524
Distance 47.79 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 572
ESI 0.521 · percentile 95 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
34.959 days
Semi-major axis
0.2110 AU
Eccentricity
0.059
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 34.96 Earth days (9.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2110 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.521

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

D Iacute Az et al. 2016

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2016-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 204313

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,767 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.38 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.100 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

1.015 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.74 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
47.79 parsec
Light-years 155.88 ly
V-band magnitude
7.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,749,025 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.48.68.59B7.99V7.83Gaia7.39TESS6.81J6.54H6.46K6.45W16.43W26.43W36.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

20.894 mas

Total Proper Motion

273.881 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

42.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

-270.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.733 · y = -0.571 · z = -0.370

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 322.05106° · Dec -21.72742°

Galactic ℓ, b

28.026° · -43.729°

Ecliptic λ, β

317.490° · -6.454°

HTM-20 index

-522785699

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Archive notes

1

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