Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

2MASS J01225093-2439505 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf 2MASS J01225093-2439505, located approximately 110.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7,786.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 61.97 g
  • Semi-major axis 52.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,600 K (1327 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 110.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.068
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,945,711 years

2MASS J01225093-2439505 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.000 R♃
Mass
7,786.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
24.500 M♃
Density
30.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
61.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.068
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Imaging
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck II Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1629of 1771

top 91.9%

This planet

11.21R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 2MASS J01225093-2439505 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007,786.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5130.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0061.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7,786.500 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 11614485

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5040416186560252416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5040416186560252416

System

2MASS J01225093-2439505

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.209 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1771
Mass 7,786.500 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Distance 33.83 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.068 · percentile 12 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
52.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

1,600K

(1327 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.068

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bowler et al. 2013

Instrument

NIRC2 Camera

Publication

2013-09

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2013 at W. M. Keck Observatory (2 shown).

Host System: 2MASS J01225093-2439505

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,530 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.12 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.366 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.400 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.858 dex

Stellar density

10.119 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

9.60 km/s

Distance
33.83 parsec
Light-years 110.33 ly
V-band magnitude
14.24 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,945,711 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.315.715.71B14.24V12.90Gaia11.62TESS10.08J9.47H9.20K9.02W18.86W28.75W38.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

29.533 mas

Total Proper Motion

172.443 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

120.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

-123.40 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.850 · y = 0.321 · z = -0.417

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 20.71280° · Dec -24.66461°

Galactic ℓ, b

195.454° · -82.520°

Ecliptic λ, β

8.619° · -30.712°

HTM-20 index

1280628573

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