Imaginary Picture of HD 108863 b

Display orbital revolution of HD 108863 b around the hoststar HD 108863
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Exoplanet Name : HD 108863 b
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9078 (Rjup) 10.1759 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 2.6000 (Mjup) 826.6388 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 1.4000 (AU) 1.4000 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.1000
Orbital Period(Yrs) 1.2139
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 443.40 (Days Obs.) 444.83 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 7.9831
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 11837.2 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 465.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 437.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 353.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 553.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 519.9 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Radial Velocity
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : HD 108863
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 557.5
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 5.6 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.9 (Msun Measured) 1.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 1.8 (GY)
Temperature : 4956 (K)
Spectral type : K0
UV portion[%]: 3.0
Visible portion[%]: 36.6
IR portion[%]: 60.3
Metalicity : 0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 1.7
Apparent Magnitude: 7.9
Right Ascension(RA) 187.5830
Declination (DEC) 21.9483
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID 1447-02345
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors 0
Discovery Paper - Title
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+108863+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/HD%20108863%20b/
HD 108863 b
HD 108863 b

  • HD 108863 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 108863, located about 557.5 light-years (170.9 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2011.
  • The host star HD 108863 has apparent magnitude of 7.9, with absolute magnitude of 1.7.
  • It is 1.9 times more massive and 5.6 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4956 with its spectral types of K0
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet HD 108863 b orbits around the star HD 108863 every 443.4 days with its orbital distance of 1.40 AU ( 209437019.0 km)
  • (Projected orbit of HD 108863 b around its host star HD 108863)


  • The Star HD 108863 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 2.980 AU ( 445767841.9 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 4.119 AU ( 616167650.6 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 6.276 AU ( 938903141.9 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 9.236 AU ( 1381637104.0 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of HD 108863 b : 11837.23 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star HD 108863)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star HD 108863 distance : 3.230 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star HD 108863 distance : 4.090 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star HD 108863 distance : 3.950 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star HD 108863 distance : 4.335 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star HD 108863 distance : 7.426 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star HD 108863 distance : 7.833 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star HD 108863)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star HD 108863 distance : 3.195 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star HD 108863 distance : 4.215 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star HD 108863 distance : 4.227 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star HD 108863 distance : 7.550 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star HD 108863 distance : 7.852 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star HD 108863)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star HD 108863 and its Exoplanet HD 108863 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star HD 108863 and its Exoplanet HD 108863 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HD 108863*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102