Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2008

14 And b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange 14 And, located approximately 246.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,131.15 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.59 g
  • An orbital period of 186.760 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.7750 AU
  • Distance from Earth 246.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.408
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,339,082 years

14 And b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.160 R♃
Mass
1,131.15 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.559 M♃
Density
2.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.408
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2008
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Telescope 1.88 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 14 And b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,131.15317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,131.151 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 221345

HIP

HIP 116076

TIC

TIC 333225860

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1920113512486282240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1920113512486282240

System

14 And

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,131.151 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 186.76 d · percentile 57 / cohort 1533
Distance 75.44 pc · percentile 29 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.408 · percentile 88 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
186.760 days
Semi-major axis
0.7750 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 186.76 Earth days (51.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.7750 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.408

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sato et al. 2008

Instrument

HIDES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2008-12

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2008 at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: 14 And

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,888 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

11.550 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.780 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.550 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-59.73 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
75.44 parsec
Light-years 246.05 ly
V-band magnitude
5.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,339,082 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

1.66.36.26B5.23V4.92Gaia4.32TESS3.02J2.61H2.33K1.59W12.55W22.72W32.72W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.229 mas

Total Proper Motion

299.253 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

287.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-83.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.768 · y = -0.097 · z = 0.633

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 352.82415° · Dec 39.23584°

Galactic ℓ, b

106.413° · -21.051°

Ecliptic λ, β

11.959° · 38.229°

HTM-20 index

-1142888405

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