Artist impression of 2MASS J04414489+2301513 b exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

2MASS J04414489+2301513 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf 2MASS J04414489+2301513, located approximately 392.8 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,383.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 15.01 g
  • Semi-major axis 15.0000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 392.77 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.422
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,926,500 years

Context from the literature

2MASS J0441+2301 is a young quadruple system hosting a planetary-mass object, a red dwarf star and two brown dwarfs, approximately 470 light years away.

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2MASS J04414489+2301513 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.130 R♃
Mass
2,383.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.500 M♃
Density
6.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
15.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.422
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Imaging
Facility Hubble Space Telescope
Telescope 2.4 m Hubble Space Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 2MASS J04414489+2301513 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,383.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0015.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,383.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 118893899

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 146487556211644544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 146487556211644544

System

2MASS J04414489+2301513

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,383.600 M⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1747
Distance 120.42 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.422 · percentile 92 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
15.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.422

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Todorov et al. 2010

Instrument

WFPC2 Camera

Publication

2010-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: 2MASS J04414489+2301513

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

2,936 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.232 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.019 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
120.42 parsec
Light-years 392.77 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,926,500 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 5 bands

13.219.018.97Gaia17.18TESS14.42J13.73H13.16K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.304 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.200 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

9.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

-21.40 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.308 · y = 0.867 · z = 0.391

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 70.43711° · Dec 23.03085°

Galactic ℓ, b

176.511° · -15.114°

Ecliptic λ, β

72.046° · 0.802°

HTM-20 index

1199375091

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