Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

HD 80653 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 80653, located approximately 358.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.61 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.72 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.20 g
  • An orbital period of 0.720 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0166 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,463 K (2190 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 358.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.098
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,318,884 years

1 sibling around HD 80653

HD 80653 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 80653 b this Super-Earth 1.61 5.72 0.720 2,463 2020
K2-312 c Gas Giant 12.80 1,719.45 921.200 2023

HD 80653 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.61 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.144 R♃
Mass
5.72 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
7.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.098
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#549of 1176

top 46.6%

This planet

1.61R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 80653 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.72317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.006,130.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5.720 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 80653

TIC

TIC 55315929

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 606477252238780160

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 606477252238780160

System

HD 80653

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.613 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1176
Mass 5.720 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.72 d · percentile 3 / cohort 1164
Distance 109.86 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.098 · percentile 1 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.720 days
Semi-major axis
0.0166 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 17.3 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0166 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.016 %

Duration

1.798 h

Impact parameter b

0.400

Rp / R★

0.012100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,134.4244

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 160 ppm lasting ≈ 1.80 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

2.920

Impact parameter (b)

0.400

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.620 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,134.4244

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15100

Eq. Temperature

2,463K

(2190 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

6,130.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.098

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Frustagli et al. 2020

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2020-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 80653

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,959 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.67 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.220 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.180 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.340 dex

Stellar density

0.900 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

8.31 km/s

Rotation period

19.55 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
109.86 parsec
Light-years 358.31 ly
V-band magnitude
9.45 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,318,884 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

7.910.110.12B9.45V9.31Gaia9.44Kepler8.89TESS8.32J8.08H8.02K7.96W18.00W28.01W37.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.074 mas

Total Proper Motion

36.276 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-33.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.01 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.746 · y = 0.618 · z = 0.248

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 140.33908° · Dec 14.36787°

Galactic ℓ, b

216.500° · 39.624°

Ecliptic λ, β

138.231° · -1.047°

HTM-20 index

-347478176

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