Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

BD-210397 c

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 12.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,525.58 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.17 g
  • An orbital period of 6,240.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.9000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 77.40 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.427
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,365,031 years

1 sibling around BD-210397

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

BD-210397 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,525.58 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.800 M♃
Density
3.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.427
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

#1011of 1771

top 57.0%

This planet

12.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth BD-210397 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,525.58317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,525.576 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 759.000 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 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,525.576 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 6,240.00 d · percentile 94 / cohort 1533
Distance 23.73 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.427 · percentile 93 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6,240.000 days
Semi-major axis
5.9000 AU
Eccentricity
0.430
Inclination
33.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 17.08 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 5.9000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

0.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.427

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

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

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.747 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.690 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

3.20 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

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

2

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