Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

BD-210397 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange BD-210397, located approximately 77.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 214.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 1,891.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.6300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 77.40 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.277
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,365,031 years

1 sibling around BD-210397

BD-210397 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-210397 b this Gas Giant 14.00 214.00 1,891.000 2023
BD-210397 c Gas Giant 12.90 1,525.58 6,240.000 2023

BD-210397 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
214.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.700 M♃
Density
0.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.277
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth BD-210397 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00214.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.020.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 214.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 10337

TIC

TIC 268804174

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5124636303346779008

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5124636303346779008

System

BD-210397

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 214.000 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,891.00 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1533
Distance 23.73 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.277 · percentile 51 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,891.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.6300 AU
Eccentricity
0.100
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 5.18 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.6300 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

0.02

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.277

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Frensch et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2023-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: BD-210397

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,051 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.747 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.679 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.670 dex

Stellar density

2.239 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.430

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
23.73 parsec
Light-years 77.40 ly
V-band magnitude
9.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,365,031 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

6.511.111.14B9.84V9.26Gaia8.45TESS7.30J6.67H6.50K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

42.108 mas

Total Proper Motion

379.601 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

375.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

55.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.779 · y = 0.512 · z = -0.362

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 33.30242° · Dec -21.19621°

Galactic ℓ, b

199.699° · -70.456°

Ecliptic λ, β

22.689° · -32.368°

HTM-20 index

-1551739179

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