Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2008

HD 45364 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 45364, located approximately 112.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 174.49 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.87 g
  • An orbital period of 345.430 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.9020 AU
  • Distance from Earth 112.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.260
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,975,960 years

1 sibling around HD 45364

HD 45364 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 45364 b Neptune-like 9.03 60.16 225.790 2008
HD 45364 c this Gas Giant 14.20 174.49 345.430 2008

HD 45364 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.260 R♃
Mass
174.49 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.549 M♃
Density
0.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.87 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.260
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2008
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#334of 1771

top 18.8%

This planet

14.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 45364 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00174.49317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.872.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 174.488 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 45364

HIP

HIP 30579

TIC

TIC 117768715

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2893174259322992256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2893174259322992256

System

HD 45364

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.200 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1771
Mass 174.488 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 345.43 d · percentile 62 / cohort 1533
Distance 34.35 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.260 · percentile 48 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
345.430 days
Semi-major axis
0.9020 AU
Eccentricity
0.019
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 345.43 Earth days (94.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.9020 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.260

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Correia et al. 2009

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2009-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 45364

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,466 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

1.836 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

16.31 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Rotation period

32.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
34.35 parsec
Light-years 112.05 ly
V-band magnitude
8.08 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,975,960 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.28.88.78B8.08V7.88Gaia7.40TESS6.75J6.38H6.32K6.33W16.27W26.31W36.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

29.080 mas

Total Proper Motion

53.527 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

52.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.095 · y = 0.847 · z = -0.522

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 96.41057° · Dec -31.48100°

Galactic ℓ, b

239.355° · -18.867°

Ecliptic λ, β

99.483° · -54.709°

HTM-20 index

-1379092737

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