Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

GJ 3512 c

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 3512, located approximately 30.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 143.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.70 g
  • An orbital period of 2,354.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.7310 AU
  • Distance from Earth 30.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.246
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 545,633 years

1 sibling around GJ 3512

GJ 3512 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
GJ 3512 b Gas Giant 14.30 146.52 203.109 2019
GJ 3512 c this Gas Giant 14.30 143.98 2,354.000 2020

GJ 3512 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.270 R♃
Mass
143.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.453 M♃
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.246
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#301of 1771

top 16.9%

This planet

14.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 3512 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00143.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 143.976 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 445064836

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1040827088726734976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1040827088726734976

System

GJ 3512

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.300 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1771
Mass 143.976 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,354.00 d · percentile 86 / cohort 1533
Distance 9.49 pc · percentile 1 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.246 · percentile 43 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,354.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.7310 AU
Eccentricity
0.089
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.44 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.7310 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

28.020 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,339.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

50.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

182.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.246

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2020-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 3512

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,141 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.139 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.123 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

5.158 dex

Stellar density

47.478 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

83.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
9.49 parsec
Light-years 30.94 ly
V-band magnitude
15.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 545,633 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

8.715.215.18V13.11Gaia11.58TESS11.47Ic9.62J9.00H8.67K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

105.386 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,305.841 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-260.42 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1,279.61 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.329 · y = 0.387 · z = 0.862

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 130.33166° · Dec 59.49184°

Galactic ℓ, b

157.244° · 36.962°

Ecliptic λ, β

115.211° · 39.533°

HTM-20 index

1201996123

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