Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 45184 c

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 2.91 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 13.135 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1100 AU
  • Distance from Earth 71.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.650
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,262,696 years

1 sibling around HD 45184

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

HD 45184 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.91 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.260 R♃
Mass
8.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
1.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.650
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

#608of 1978

top 30.7%

This planet

2.91R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 45184 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 8.810 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 2.910 R⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.810 M⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 13.14 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1946
Distance 21.95 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.650 · percentile 88 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.135 days
Semi-major axis
0.1100 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.14 Earth days (3.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1100 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.360 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,954.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

-197.97°

Angular separation (arcsec)

5.01000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.650

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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