Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

BD+45 564 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange BD+45 564, located approximately 174.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 432.25 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.34 g
  • An orbital period of 307.880 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 174.89 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.334
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,084,209 years

BD+45 564 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
432.25 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.360 M♃
Density
0.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.334
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#609of 1771

top 34.3%

This planet

13.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth BD+45 564 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00432.25317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 432.247 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 292607437

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 353030751066772480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 353030751066772480

System

BD+45 564

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 432.247 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 307.88 d · percentile 61 / cohort 1533
Distance 53.62 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.334 · percentile 66 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
307.880 days
Semi-major axis
0.8300 AU
Eccentricity
0.120
Inclination
2.58 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 307.88 Earth days (84.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.8300 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.334

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Dalal et al. 2021

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: BD+45 564

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,004 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.813 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.220 dex

Stellar density

2.230 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-6.82 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
53.62 parsec
Light-years 174.89 ly
V-band magnitude
9.67 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,084,209 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

7.610.510.54B9.67V9.41Gaia8.86TESS8.06J7.65H7.56K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.621 mas

Total Proper Motion

278.117 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

278.02 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.584 · y = 0.378 · z = 0.718

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 32.94705° · Dec 45.92422°

Galactic ℓ, b

137.232° · -14.705°

Ecliptic λ, β

47.309° · 30.574°

HTM-20 index

-826687098

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