Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

BD+63 1405 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange BD+63 1405, located approximately 124.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,305.42 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 21.50 g
  • An orbital period of 1,198.480 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.0600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 124.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.377
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,188,390 years

BD+63 1405 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
3,305.42 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
10.400 M♃
Density
9.53 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
21.50 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.377
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

#1298of 1771

top 73.2%

This planet

12.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth BD+63 1405 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,305.42317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.519.531.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0021.502.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,305.415 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,258.600 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 88617

TIC

TIC 233075841

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2160951157908163968

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2160951157908163968

System

BD+63 1405

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.400 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,305.415 M⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,198.48 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1533
Distance 38.05 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.377 · percentile 78 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,198.480 days
Semi-major axis
2.0600 AU
Eccentricity
0.880
Inclination
5.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.28 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.0600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.377

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

Dalal et al. 2021

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: BD+63 1405

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,000 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.805 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.816 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

2.300 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-15.33 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.10 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
38.05 parsec
Light-years 124.09 ly
V-band magnitude
8.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,188,390 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.79.89.83B8.96V8.71Gaia8.15TESS7.30J6.90H6.78K6.71W16.73W26.74W36.67W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

26.254 mas

Total Proper Motion

249.411 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-26.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

248.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.011 · y = -0.443 · z = 0.896

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 271.39793° · Dec 63.67001°

Galactic ℓ, b

93.081° · 29.151°

Ecliptic λ, β

282.135° · 87.050°

HTM-20 index

1995106444

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