Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

HD 85390 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange HD 85390, located approximately 109.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.16 Earth radii
  • A mass of 31.47 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.83 g
  • An orbital period of 799.520 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.3730 AU
  • Distance from Earth 109.34 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.419
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,928,134 years

Context from the literature

HD 85390 b is an extrasolar planet which orbits the K-type main sequence star HD 85390, located approximately 106 light years away.

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HD 85390 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.16 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.550 R♃
Mass
31.47 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.099 M♃
Density
0.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.83 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.419
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#269of 574

top 46.7%

This planet

6.16R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 85390 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.1611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0031.47317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.832.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 31.465 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 85390

HIP

HIP 48235

TIC

TIC 446137194

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5406324138654973824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5406324138654973824

System

HD 85390

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.160 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 574
Mass 31.465 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 574
Orbital period 799.52 d · percentile 98 / cohort 524
Distance 33.52 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 572
ESI 0.419 · percentile 76 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
799.520 days
Semi-major axis
1.3730 AU
Eccentricity
0.500
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.19 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.3730 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.419

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mordasini et al. 2011

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2011-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 85390

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,186 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.800 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.758 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

2.215 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

33.03 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.930

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
33.52 parsec
Light-years 109.34 ly
V-band magnitude
8.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,928,134 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.49.49.37B8.54V8.29Gaia7.76TESS7.01J6.61H6.49K6.48W16.43W26.50W36.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

29.802 mas

Total Proper Motion

64.982 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

24.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-60.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.545 · y = 0.347 · z = -0.764

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 147.51057° · Dec -49.79053°

Galactic ℓ, b

275.546° · 3.185°

Ecliptic λ, β

178.484° · -56.994°

HTM-20 index

-106714614

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