Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 45184 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 45184, located approximately 71.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.52 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.19 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.98 g
  • An orbital period of 5.885 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0644 AU
  • Distance from Earth 71.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.586
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,262,696 years

1 sibling around HD 45184

HD 45184 b 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 45184 b this Sub-Neptune 3.52 12.19 5.885 2019
HD 45184 c Sub-Neptune 2.91 8.81 13.135 2019

HD 45184 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.52 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.314 R♃
Mass
12.19 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.038 M♃
Density
1.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.98 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.586
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

#169of 1978

top 8.5%

This planet

3.52R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 45184 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.5211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.19317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.982.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 12.190 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 45184

HIP

HIP 30503

TIC

TIC 49831913

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2898239468873596800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2898239468873596800

System

HD 45184

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.520 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1978
Mass 12.190 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.89 d · percentile 17 / cohort 1946
Distance 21.95 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.586 · percentile 81 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.885 days
Semi-major axis
0.0644 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.89 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0644 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

4.260 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,946.5300

Long. of periastron (ω)

145.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.93000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.586

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 45184

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,869 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.075 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

1.282 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-4.10 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.10 km/s

Rotation period

21.50 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.950

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
21.95 parsec
Light-years 71.60 ly
V-band magnitude
6.38 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,262,696 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.77.07.00B6.38V6.21Gaia5.79TESS5.22J4.96H4.87K4.93W14.71W24.89W34.78W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

45.522 mas

Total Proper Motion

205.308 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-165.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

-121.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.094 · y = 0.871 · z = -0.481

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 96.18202° · Dec -28.78064°

Galactic ℓ, b

236.626° · -18.074°

Ecliptic λ, β

98.821° · -52.031°

HTM-20 index

219781290

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