Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2007

BD-13 2130 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) BD-13 2130, located approximately 3,017.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,108.38 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 19.89 g
  • An orbital period of 714.300 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.6600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 3,017.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.386
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 53,216,096 years

BD-13 2130 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
3,108.38 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.780 M♃
Density
8.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
19.89 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.386
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2007
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 1.2 m Leonhard Euler 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-13 2130 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,108.38317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0019.892.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 3,108.377 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 288474555

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3030262468592291072

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3030262468592291072

System

BD-13 2130

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,108.377 M⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 714.30 d · percentile 73 / cohort 1533
Distance 925.21 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.386 · percentile 81 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
714.300 days
Semi-major axis
1.6600 AU
Eccentricity
0.210
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.96 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.6600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.386

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lovis Mayor 2007

Instrument

CORALIE Spectrograph

Publication

2007-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: BD-13 2130

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,545 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.74 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

19.170 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.120 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.200 dex

Systemic radial velocity

18.31 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
925.21 parsec
Light-years 3,017.64 ly
V-band magnitude
10.04 mag
Voyager-speed travel 53,216,096 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.011.311.31B10.04V9.70Gaia9.00TESS7.94J7.37H7.15K7.05W17.22W27.09W36.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.054 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.865 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.69 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.399 · y = 0.885 · z = -0.240

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 114.28847° · Dec -13.90667°

Galactic ℓ, b

230.521° · 3.531°

Ecliptic λ, β

119.137° · -34.921°

HTM-20 index

930451973

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