Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

BD-08 2823 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange BD-08 2823, located approximately 134.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 104.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.67 g
  • An orbital period of 237.600 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 134.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.263
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,377,444 years

1 sibling around BD-08 2823

BD-08 2823 c 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
BD-08 2823 b Unclassified 2,948.49 5.600 2009
BD-08 2823 c this Gas Giant 12.50 104.00 237.600 2009

BD-08 2823 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
104.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.330 M♃
Density
0.29 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.263
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth BD-08 2823 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00104.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.291.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 104.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 49067

TIC

TIC 33355302

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3770419611540574080

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3770419611540574080

System

BD-08 2823

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 104.000 M⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 237.60 d · percentile 59 / cohort 1533
Distance 41.33 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.263 · percentile 48 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
237.600 days
Semi-major axis
0.6800 AU
Eccentricity
0.190
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 237.60 Earth days (65.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.6800 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.263

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hebrard et al. 2010

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2010-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: BD-08 2823

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,746 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.710 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.740 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.130 dex

Stellar density

3.318 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

53.35 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
41.33 parsec
Light-years 134.81 ly
V-band magnitude
9.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,377,444 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.210.910.88B9.86V9.50Gaia8.86TESS7.96J7.50H7.32K7.21W17.34W27.29W37.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.164 mas

Total Proper Motion

376.379 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-375.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.46 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.856 · y = 0.490 · z = -0.165

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 150.19720° · Dec -9.51657°

Galactic ℓ, b

248.495° · 34.755°

Ecliptic λ, β

155.832° · -20.284°

HTM-20 index

-1585389109

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