Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2002

14 Her b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange 14 Her, located approximately 58.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,828.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 18.10 g
  • An orbital period of 1,766.410 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.8390 AU
  • Distance from Earth 58.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.398
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,031,423 years

1 sibling around 14 Her

14 Her b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
14 Her b this Gas Giant 12.50 2,828.67 1,766.410 2002
HD 145675 c Gas Giant 12.60 2,510.84 15,732.459 2021

14 Her b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,828.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
8.900 M♃
Density
7.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
18.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.398
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2002
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 14 Her b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,828.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0018.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,828.673 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,506.450 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 145675

HIP

HIP 79248

TIC

TIC 219483057

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1385293808145621504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1385293808145621504

System

14 Her

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,828.673 M⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,766.41 d · percentile 83 / cohort 1533
Distance 17.93 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.398 · percentile 85 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,766.410 days
Semi-major axis
2.8390 AU
Eccentricity
0.368
Inclination
146.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.84 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.8390 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

90.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,834.4000

Long. of periastron (ω)

23.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

158.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.398

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Butler et al. 2003

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2003-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: 14 Her

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,338 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.43

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

1.274 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-13.82 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.060

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
17.93 parsec
Light-years 58.49 ly
V-band magnitude
6.62 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,031,423 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.57.57.50B6.62V6.38Gaia5.86TESS5.16J4.80H4.71K4.68W14.54W24.72W34.67W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

55.736 mas

Total Proper Motion

324.530 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

132.02 mas/yr

PM Declination

-296.46 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.332 · y = -0.641 · z = 0.692

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 242.60210° · Dec 43.81636°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.168° · 46.944°

Ecliptic λ, β

223.247° · 62.879°

HTM-20 index

-1209154781

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

4

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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