Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

BD-11 4672 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange BD-11 4672, located approximately 88.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 206.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 1,634.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.3600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 88.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.273
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,562,552 years

1 sibling around BD-11 4672

BD-11 4672 b 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-11 4672 c Neptune-like 4.04 15.37 74.200 2020
BD-11 4672 b this Gas Giant 14.10 206.59 1,634.000 2014

BD-11 4672 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
206.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.650 M♃
Density
0.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.273
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#371of 1771

top 20.9%

This planet

14.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth BD-11 4672 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00206.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 206.590 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 90979

TIC

TIC 217831699

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4154598526336121600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4154598526336121600

System

BD-11 4672

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.100 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 206.590 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,634.00 d · percentile 83 / cohort 1533
Distance 27.17 pc · percentile 6 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.273 · percentile 50 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,634.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.3600 AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.47 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 2.3600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.273

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Moutou et al. 2015

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2015-04

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2014 at La Silla Observatory (4 shown).

Host System: BD-11 4672

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,550 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.639 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.651 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.35

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.642 dex

Stellar density

3.530 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-87.30 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Rotation period

25.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
27.17 parsec
Light-years 88.61 ly
V-band magnitude
10.03 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,562,552 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

6.811.211.24B10.03V9.49Gaia8.72TESS8.54Ic7.65J7.03H6.87K6.84W16.84W26.89W36.99W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

36.781 mas

Total Proper Motion

372.522 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-288.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

-235.56 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.143 · y = -0.969 · z = -0.202

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 278.36887° · Dec -11.63705°

Galactic ℓ, b

20.543° · -1.360°

Ecliptic λ, β

278.363° · 11.560°

HTM-20 index

1674453784

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