Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

GJ 328 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 328, located approximately 66.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 797.75 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.51 g
  • An orbital period of 3,771.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.1100 AU
  • Distance from Earth 66.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.382
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,180,641 years

1 sibling around GJ 328

GJ 328 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
GJ 328 c Neptune-like 4.91 21.40 241.800 2023
GJ 328 b this Gas Giant 13.30 797.75 3,771.000 2013

GJ 328 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
797.75 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.510 M♃
Density
1.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.51 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.382
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Radial Velocity
Facility McDonald Observatory
Telescope 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 328 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00797.75317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.512.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 797.749 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 43790

TIC

TIC 265373654

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 577602496345490176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 577602496345490176

System

GJ 328

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 797.749 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,771.00 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1533
Distance 20.53 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.382 · percentile 80 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,771.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.1100 AU
Eccentricity
0.227
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 10.32 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 4.1100 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

42.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,177.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

-76.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

200.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.382

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Robertson et al. 2013

Instrument

High Resolution Spectrograph

Publication

2013-09

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2013 at McDonald Observatory (2 shown).

Host System: GJ 328

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,897 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.630 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.650 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

3.211 g/cm³

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.679

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
20.53 parsec
Light-years 66.95 ly
V-band magnitude
9.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,180,641 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

6.215.515.55U11.31B9.99V9.29Gaia8.36TESS10.82Sloan g13.11Sloan r12.56Sloan i9.35Sloan z8.21Ic7.19J6.52H6.35K6.30W16.19W26.27W36.21W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

48.688 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,046.927 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

44.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1,045.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.692 · y = 0.722 · z = 0.027

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 133.78195° · Dec 1.54200°

Galactic ℓ, b

226.710° · 27.999°

Ecliptic λ, β

135.785° · -15.212°

HTM-20 index

405678230

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