Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

WASP-19 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) WASP-19, located approximately 875.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 15.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 366.77 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.46 g
  • An orbital period of 0.789 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0165 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,113 K (1840 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 875.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.052
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,433,412 years

WASP-19 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
15.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.415 R♃
Mass
366.77 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.154 M♃
Density
0.51 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.46 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.052
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Transit
Facility SuperWASP
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#172of 1771

top 9.7%

This planet

15.86R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-19 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0015.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00366.77317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.462.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003,320.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 366.774 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 360.100 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 35516889

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5411736896952029568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5411736896952029568

System

WASP-19

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.861 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1771
Mass 366.774 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 0.79 d · percentile 0 / cohort 1533
Distance 268.33 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.052 · percentile 5 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.789 days
Semi-major axis
0.0165 AU
Eccentricity
0.013
Inclination
79.08 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 18.9 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0165 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.077 %

Duration

1.607 h

Impact parameter b

0.667

Rp / R★

0.144100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,402.7128

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 20,770 ppm lasting ≈ 1.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.144100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.533

Impact parameter (b)

0.667

RV semi-amplitude (K)

255.400 m/s

Occultation depth

0.048 ppm

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,402.7128

Long. of periastron (ω)

51.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

1.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06160

Eq. Temperature

2,113K

(1840 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3,320.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.052

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

Hebb et al. 2010

Instrument

iKon-L CCD Camera

Publication

2010-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-19

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,616 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.006 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.965 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.417 dex

Stellar density

1.339 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

20.79 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.63 km/s

Rotation period

10.50 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
268.33 parsec
Light-years 875.16 ly
V-band magnitude
12.25 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,433,412 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.113.113.05B12.25V12.11Gaia11.60TESS10.91J10.60H10.48K10.44W110.49W210.31W39.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.698 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.402 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-35.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

17.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.595 · y = 0.366 · z = -0.715

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 148.41677° · Dec -45.65911°

Galactic ℓ, b

273.405° · 6.776°

Ecliptic λ, β

175.066° · -53.301°

HTM-20 index

-1431587118

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Transmission spectra

16

Emission spectra

17

Archive notes

1

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