Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

K2-312 c

A gas giant 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 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,719.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.49 g
  • An orbital period of 921.200 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.9610 AU
  • Distance from Earth 358.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.434
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,318,884 years

1 sibling around HD 80653

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

K2-312 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,719.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.410 M♃
Density
4.51 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.49 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.434
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Telescope 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1063of 1771

top 60.0%

This planet

12.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth K2-312 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,719.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.492.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,719.452 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 80653

TIC

TIC 55315929

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 606477252238780160

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 606477252238780160

System

HD 80653

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,719.452 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 921.20 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1533
Distance 109.86 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.434 · percentile 95 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
921.200 days
Semi-major axis
1.9610 AU
Eccentricity
0.853
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.52 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.9610 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

194.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,968.8000

Long. of periastron (ω)

41.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

17.80000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.434

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bonomo et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS-N Spectrograph

Publication

2023-04

Observation locale

Ground

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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