Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 47366 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 47366, located approximately 275.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 483.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.65 g
  • An orbital period of 677.530 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.8400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 275.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.344
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,851,909 years

1 sibling around HD 47366

HD 47366 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 47366 b Gas Giant 13.40 661.72 360.080 2016
HD 47366 c this Gas Giant 13.50 483.73 677.530 2016

HD 47366 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
483.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.522 M♃
Density
1.08 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.65 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.344
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Telescope 1.88 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#671of 1771

top 37.8%

This planet

13.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 47366 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00483.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.081.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.652.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 483.735 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 47366

HIP

HIP 31674

TIC

TIC 443578538

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2951804033248308480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2951804033248308480

System

HD 47366

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.500 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1771
Mass 483.735 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 677.53 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1533
Distance 84.36 pc · percentile 31 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.344 · percentile 69 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
677.530 days
Semi-major axis
1.8400 AU
Eccentricity
0.161
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.85 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.8400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.344

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sato et al. 2016

Instrument

HIDES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2016-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 47366

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,866 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.61 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

7.300 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.970 dex

Systemic radial velocity

9.12 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.30 km/s

Rotation period

86.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
84.36 parsec
Light-years 275.13 ly
V-band magnitude
6.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,851,909 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.47.17.10B6.11V5.84Gaia5.25TESS4.50J3.96H4.06K3.80W13.45W23.77W33.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.826 mas

Total Proper Motion

126.102 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

9.83 mas/yr

PM Declination

-125.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.159 · y = 0.961 · z = -0.225

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 99.42002° · Dec -12.98566°

Galactic ℓ, b

223.036° · -8.887°

Ecliptic λ, β

101.373° · -36.054°

HTM-20 index

707769984

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