Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 360 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 360, located approximately 363.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 238.37 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 273.100 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.9800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 363.80 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.284
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,415,629 years

HD 360 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
238.37 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.750 M♃
Density
0.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.284
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Telescope 1.88 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 360 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00238.37317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 238.371 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 360

TIC

TIC 37652064

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2429415922764859392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2429415922764859392

System

HD 360

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 238.371 M⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 273.10 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1533
Distance 111.54 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.284 · percentile 53 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
273.100 days
Semi-major axis
0.9800 AU
Eccentricity
0.139
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 273.10 Earth days (74.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.9800 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.284

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Teng et al. 2021

Instrument

HIDES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2021-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 360

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,770 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

10.860 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.690 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.590 dex

Rotational v·sin i

1.86 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
111.54 parsec
Light-years 363.80 ly
V-band magnitude
5.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,415,629 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.37.07.02B5.99V5.71Gaia5.11TESS4.49J3.78H3.75K3.55W13.31W23.57W33.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.938 mas

Total Proper Motion

48.849 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-34.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

-34.67 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.988 · y = 0.036 · z = -0.153

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 2.07290° · Dec -8.82426°

Galactic ℓ, b

91.793° · -69.045°

Ecliptic λ, β

358.359° · -8.915°

HTM-20 index

520614608

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