Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

BD+15 2375 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) BD+15 2375, located approximately 2,505.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 337.22 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.77 g
  • An orbital period of 153.220 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5760 AU
  • Distance from Earth 2,505.02 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.312
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 44,176,111 years

BD+15 2375 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.230 R♃
Mass
337.22 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.061 M♃
Density
0.71 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.312
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Telescope 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#510of 1771

top 28.7%

This planet

13.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth BD+15 2375 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00337.22317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.711.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 337.218 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 82604982

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3924009634910406912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3924009634910406912

System

BD+15 2375

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.800 R⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1771
Mass 337.218 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 153.22 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1533
Distance 768.05 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.312 · percentile 61 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
153.220 days
Semi-major axis
0.5760 AU
Eccentricity
0.001
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 153.22 Earth days (41.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5760 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.312

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Niedzielski et al. 2016

Instrument

HARPS-N Spectrograph

Publication

2016-04

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (4 shown).

Host System: BD+15 2375

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,649 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.41 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

8.950 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.610 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-9.65 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
768.05 parsec
Light-years 2,505.02 ly
V-band magnitude
10.41 mag
Voyager-speed travel 44,176,111 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

7.415.515.52U11.39B10.41V9.99Gaia9.36TESS10.89Sloan g10.01Sloan r9.72Sloan i10.36Sloan z8.37J7.86H7.72K7.65W17.80W27.69W37.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.273 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.774 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-28.47 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.68 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.966 · y = 0.059 · z = 0.252

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 176.48202° · Dec 14.61632°

Galactic ℓ, b

249.002° · 70.272°

Ecliptic λ, β

170.887° · 12.000°

HTM-20 index

-270994707

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