Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2001

47 UMa c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) 47 UMa, located approximately 45.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 171.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.85 g
  • An orbital period of 2,391.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.6000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 45.00 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.259
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 793,553 years

2 siblings around 47 UMa

47 UMa c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
47 UMa b Gas Giant 13.20 804.08 1,078.000 1996
47 UMa c this Gas Giant 14.20 171.62 2,391.000 2001
47 UMa d Gas Giant 13.50 521.22 14,002.000 2009

47 UMa c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.270 R♃
Mass
171.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.540 M♃
Density
0.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.85 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.259
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2001
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope 3.0 m C. Donald Shane Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#334of 1771

top 18.8%

This planet

14.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 47 UMa c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00171.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.852.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 171.621 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 95128

HIP

HIP 53721

TIC

TIC 21535479

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 777254360337133312

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 777254360337133312

System

47 UMa

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.200 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1771
Mass 171.621 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,391.00 d · percentile 86 / cohort 1533
Distance 13.80 pc · percentile 2 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.259 · percentile 47 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,391.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.6000 AU
Eccentricity
0.098
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.55 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 3.6000 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

8.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,651.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

295.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

261.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.259

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fischer et al. 2002

Instrument

Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2002-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: 47 UMa

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,872 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.48 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.213 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.060 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.295 dex

Stellar density

0.837 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

11.22 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.80 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.020

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
13.80 parsec
Light-years 45.00 ly
V-band magnitude
5.03 mag
Voyager-speed travel 793,553 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.15.65.65B5.03V4.88Gaia4.47TESS3.96J3.74H3.75K3.56W13.14W23.59W33.55W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

72.453 mas

Total Proper Motion

322.371 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-317.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

55.01 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.735 · y = 0.199 · z = 0.649

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 164.86476° · Dec 40.43049°

Galactic ℓ, b

175.783° · 63.368°

Ecliptic λ, β

149.064° · 31.061°

HTM-20 index

-1763902354

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

9

Stellar spectra

3

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