Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

WASP-190 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white WASP-190, located approximately 1,768.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 317.83 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.91 g
  • An orbital period of 5.368 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0663 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,500 K (1227 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,768.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.090
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,188,980 years

WASP-190 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
317.83 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.000 M♃
Density
0.82 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.090
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility WASP-South
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1049of 1771

top 59.2%

This planet

12.89R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-190 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00317.83317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.821.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00747.130.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 317.830 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 116156517

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4994237247949280000

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4994237247949280000

System

WASP-190

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.890 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 317.830 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.37 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1533
Distance 542.25 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.090 · percentile 23 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.368 days
Semi-major axis
0.0663 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.10 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.37 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0663 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.620 %

Duration

4.464 h

Impact parameter b

0.450

Rp / R★

0.078700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,799.1256

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 6,200 ppm lasting ≈ 4.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.078700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.050

Impact parameter (b)

0.450

RV semi-amplitude (K)

99.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,799.1256

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

21.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12200

Eq. Temperature

1,500K

(1227 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

747.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.090

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

Temple et al. 2019

Instrument

iKon-L CCD Camera

Publication

2019-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-190

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,400 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.600 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.350 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.170 dex

Stellar density

0.480 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

0.82 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

13.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
542.25 parsec
Light-years 1,768.58 ly
V-band magnitude
11.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 31,188,980 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.312.012.03B11.65V11.63Gaia11.32TESS10.86J10.69H10.65K10.59W110.62W210.62W38.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.816 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.307 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

38.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.753 · y = 0.102 · z = -0.650

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 7.70953° · Dec -40.57346°

Galactic ℓ, b

319.182° · -75.898°

Ecliptic λ, β

347.615° · -39.590°

HTM-20 index

1083962363

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