Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2005

HD 93083 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 93083, located approximately 93.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 117.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.65 g
  • An orbital period of 143.580 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4770 AU
  • Distance from Earth 93.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.251
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,640,166 years

HD 93083 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
117.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.370 M♃
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.65 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.251
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2005
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 93083 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00117.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.652.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 117.590 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 93083

HIP

HIP 52521

TIC

TIC 54237857

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5450573881018549760

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5450573881018549760

System

HD 93083

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 117.590 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 143.58 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1533
Distance 28.52 pc · percentile 7 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.251 · percentile 45 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
143.580 days
Semi-major axis
0.4770 AU
Eccentricity
0.140
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 143.58 Earth days (39.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.4770 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.251

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lovis et al. 2005

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2005-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 93083

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,995 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.71 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.851 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.700 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

2.048 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

43.38 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.90 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
28.52 parsec
Light-years 93.01 ly
V-band magnitude
8.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,640,166 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.09.39.27B8.30V8.04Gaia7.47TESS6.69J6.26H6.13K6.10W16.02W26.14W36.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

35.039 mas

Total Proper Motion

178.252 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-92.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-152.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.788 · y = 0.270 · z = -0.553

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 161.08667° · Dec -33.57768°

Galactic ℓ, b

274.645° · 22.221°

Ecliptic λ, β

177.978° · -37.941°

HTM-20 index

-307237231

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Archive notes

1

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