Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

24 Sex b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange 24 Sex, located approximately 235.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 632.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.52 g
  • An orbital period of 452.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.3330 AU
  • Distance from Earth 235.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.365
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,145,242 years

1 sibling around 24 Sex

24 Sex 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
24 Sex b this Gas Giant 13.40 632.46 452.800 2010
24 Sex c Gas Giant 13.90 273.32 883.000 2010

24 Sex b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.190 R♃
Mass
632.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.990 M♃
Density
1.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.52 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.365
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope 3.0 m C. Donald Shane Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 24 Sex b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00632.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.522.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 632.460 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 90043

HIP

HIP 50887

TIC

TIC 1713457

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3830897080395058048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3830897080395058048

System

24 Sex

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 632.460 M⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 452.80 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1533
Distance 72.07 pc · percentile 28 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.365 · percentile 75 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
452.800 days
Semi-major axis
1.3330 AU
Eccentricity
0.090
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.24 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.3330 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.365

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2010

Instrument

Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2011-01

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2010 at Lick Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: 24 Sex

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,098 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.540 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.500 dex

Systemic radial velocity

7.29 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.77 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
72.07 parsec
Light-years 235.06 ly
V-band magnitude
6.45 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,145,242 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.67.47.40B6.45V6.20Gaia5.64TESS5.29J4.49H4.29K4.09W13.60W24.25W34.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.849 mas

Total Proper Motion

74.628 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

65.22 mas/yr

PM Declination

-36.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.912 · y = 0.409 · z = -0.016

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 155.86849° · Dec -0.90240°

Galactic ℓ, b

245.086° · 44.716°

Ecliptic λ, β

157.990° · -10.198°

HTM-20 index

366617760

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Stellar spectra

1

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