Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2000

eps Eri b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange eps Eri, located approximately 10.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 209.77 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 2,671.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.5300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 10.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.274
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 184,206 years

eps Eri b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
209.77 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.660 M♃
Density
0.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.274
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2000
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#371of 1771

top 20.9%

This planet

14.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth eps Eri b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00209.77317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 209.767 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 186.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 494.000 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 22049

HIP

HIP 16537

TIC

TIC 118572803

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5164707970261630080

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5164707970261890560

System

eps Eri

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.100 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 209.767 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,671.00 d · percentile 88 / cohort 1533
Distance 3.20 pc · percentile 0 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.274 · percentile 51 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,671.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.5300 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
78.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 7.31 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 3.5300 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

10.340 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,460,017.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

-19.15°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1,100.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.274

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hatzes et al. 2000

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2000-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: eps Eri

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,020 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.759 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

2.780 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

16.00 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.40 km/s

Rotation period

11.30 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.510

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
3.20 parsec
Light-years 10.45 ly
V-band magnitude
3.72 mag
Voyager-speed travel 184,206 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

-0.84.64.62B3.72V3.48Gaia2.91TESS2.79Ic2.23J1.88H1.78K-0.79W1-0.15W21.75W31.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

312.219 mas

Total Proper Motion

975.587 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-975.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

20.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.590 · y = 0.790 · z = -0.164

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 53.22843° · Dec -9.45817°

Galactic ℓ, b

195.841° · -48.055°

Ecliptic λ, β

48.159° · -27.715°

HTM-20 index

340435958

Observation Record

Photometric series

2

RV measurements

6

Archive notes

3

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