Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HD 44219 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 44219, located approximately 172.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 184.34 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 472.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.2600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 172.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.265
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,042,975 years

HD 44219 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.260 R♃
Mass
184.34 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.580 M♃
Density
0.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.265
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#371of 1771

top 20.9%

This planet

14.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 44219 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00184.34317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 184.340 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 184.330 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 44219

HIP

HIP 30114

TIC

TIC 443055162

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3001428566419966592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3001428566419966592

System

HD 44219

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.100 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 184.340 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 472.00 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1533
Distance 52.91 pc · percentile 21 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.265 · percentile 49 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
472.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.2600 AU
Eccentricity
0.410
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.29 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.2600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.265

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Naef et al. 2010

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2010-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 44219

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,752 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.320 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.200 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.210 dex

Stellar density

0.501 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-12.07 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.040

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
52.91 parsec
Light-years 172.55 ly
V-band magnitude
7.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,042,975 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.18.38.31B7.69V7.53Gaia7.09TESS6.51J6.22H6.12K6.12W16.06W26.16W36.29W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.873 mas

Total Proper Motion

74.222 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

72.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.57 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.087 · y = 0.979 · z = -0.186

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 95.06000° · Dec -10.72508°

Galactic ℓ, b

219.078° · -11.743°

Ecliptic λ, β

96.000° · -34.059°

HTM-20 index

1242441569

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