Imaginary Picture of HIP 68468 c

Display orbital revolution of HIP 68468 c around the hoststar HIP 68468
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Exoplanet Name : HIP 68468 c
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.2529 (Rjup) 2.8342 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0940 (Mjup) 29.8862 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.6650 (AU) 0.6650 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0400
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.5311
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 194.00 (Days Obs.) 193.30 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 3.7205
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 3487.5 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 343.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 322.1 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 260.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 407.9 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 383.0 (K)
Size Class: sub-Neptune-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Radial Velocity
Mass Detection : Radial Velocity
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : HIP 68468
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 286.4
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.0 (Rsun Estimated)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.0 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 5.9 (GY)
Temperature : 5857 (K)
Spectral type : G3V
UV portion[%]: 7.8
Visible portion[%]: 44.8
IR portion[%]: 47.4
Metalicity : 0.1
Absolute Magnitude: 17.3
Apparent Magnitude: 22.0
Right Ascension(RA) 210.2667
Declination (DEC) -32.7569
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors
Discovery Paper - Title
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HIP+68468&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link
HIP 68468 c
HIP 68468 c

  • HIP 68468 c is an exoplanet orbiting the star HIP 68468, located about 286.4 light-years (87.8 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2016.
  • The host star HIP 68468 has apparent magnitude of 22.0, with absolute magnitude of 17.3.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 1.0 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5857 with its spectral types of G3V
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet HIP 68468 c orbits around the star HIP 68468 every 194.0 days with its orbital distance of 0.67 AU ( 99482584.0 km)
  • (Projected orbit of HIP 68468 c around its host star HIP 68468)


  • The Star HIP 68468 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.768 AU ( 114930527.8 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.062 AU ( 158864024.4 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.618 AU ( 242073616.6 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.381 AU ( 356221931.4 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of HIP 68468 c : 3487.52 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star HIP 68468)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star HIP 68468 distance : 0.792 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star HIP 68468 distance : 1.004 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star HIP 68468 distance : 0.969 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star HIP 68468 distance : 1.063 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star HIP 68468 distance : 1.769 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star HIP 68468 distance : 1.865 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star HIP 68468)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star HIP 68468 distance : 0.795 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star HIP 68468 distance : 1.031 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star HIP 68468 distance : 1.052 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star HIP 68468 distance : 1.800 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star HIP 68468 distance : 1.872 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star HIP 68468)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star HIP 68468 and its Exoplanet HIP 68468 c)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star HIP 68468 and its Exoplanet HIP 68468 c (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star HIP 68468*)
    *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