Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HR 5183 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HR 5183, located approximately 102.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,052.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.13 g
  • An orbital period of 27,000.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 18.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 171 K (-102 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 102.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.336
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,809,544 years

HR 5183 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,052.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.310 M♃
Density
2.57 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.336
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HR 5183 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,052.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.571.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,052.012 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,026.591 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 120066

HIP

HIP 67246

TIC

TIC 379117362

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3721126409323324416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3721126409323324416

System

HR 5183

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,052.012 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 27,000.00 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1533
Distance 31.46 pc · percentile 8 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.336 · percentile 67 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
27,000.000 days
Semi-major axis
18.0000 AU
Eccentricity
0.840
Inclination
80.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 73.92 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 18.0000 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

38.250 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,960.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

-20.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

572.00000

Eq. Temperature

171K

(-102 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.336

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — surface water would be frozen.

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Blunt et al. 2019

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2019-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HR 5183

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,794 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.530 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.020 dex

Stellar density

0.431 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-30.42 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.150

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
31.46 parsec
Light-years 102.61 ly
V-band magnitude
6.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,809,544 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.47.06.96B6.33V6.17Gaia5.76TESS5.21J5.00H4.85K4.76W14.44W24.88W34.81W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

31.757 mas

Total Proper Motion

522.212 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-510.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

-110.23 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.888 · y = -0.447 · z = 0.111

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 206.73580° · Dec 6.34990°

Galactic ℓ, b

337.843° · 65.388°

Ecliptic λ, β

202.417° · 16.220°

HTM-20 index

-1588818068

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