Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

BD+03 2562 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange BD+03 2562, located approximately 3,491.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,034.11 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.61 g
  • An orbital period of 481.900 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.3000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 3,491.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.442
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 61,580,076 years

BD+03 2562 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.130 R♃
Mass
2,034.11 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.400 M♃
Density
5.46 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.61 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.442
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1130of 1771

top 63.7%

This planet

12.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth BD+03 2562 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,034.11317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.461.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.612.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,034.112 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 366659915

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3895649725336884736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3895649725336884736

System

BD+03 2562

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.700 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,034.112 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 481.90 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,070.63 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.442 · percentile 98 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
481.900 days
Semi-major axis
1.3000 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.32 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.3000 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.640

RV semi-amplitude (K)

155.700 m/s

Long. of periastron (ω)

218.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.21000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.442

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Villaver et al. 2017

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2017-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: BD+03 2562

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,095 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

32.350 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.140 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.71

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

1.890 dex

Systemic radial velocity

50.88 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,070.63 parsec
Light-years 3,491.92 ly
V-band magnitude
9.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 61,580,076 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

5.815.515.45U10.80B9.58V9.00Gaia8.20TESS10.34Sloan g9.05Sloan r8.57Sloan i8.65Sloan z6.96J6.19H6.02K5.96W15.98W25.97W35.83W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.903 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.929 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-17.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.998 · y = 0.042 · z = 0.048

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 177.56473° · Dec 2.76011°

Galactic ℓ, b

269.325° · 61.573°

Ecliptic λ, β

176.664° · 1.564°

HTM-20 index

-1035627570

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