Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

GJ 649 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 649, located approximately 33.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 82.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.70 g
  • An orbital period of 600.100 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1120 AU
  • Distance from Earth 33.85 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.291
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 597,010 years

GJ 649 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.966 R♃
Mass
82.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.258 M♃
Density
0.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.291
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1686of 1771

top 95.1%

This planet

10.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 649 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0082.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 82.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 83043

TIC

TIC 236743275

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4572835535272064768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4572835535272627712

System

GJ 649

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.800 R⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1771
Mass 82.000 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 600.10 d · percentile 70 / cohort 1533
Distance 10.38 pc · percentile 1 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.291 · percentile 56 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
600.100 days
Semi-major axis
1.1120 AU
Eccentricity
0.083
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.64 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.1120 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

9.710 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,045.4000

Long. of periastron (ω)

3.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

107.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.291

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2010

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2010-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 649

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,734 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.44 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.500 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.510 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.760 dex

Stellar density

5.260 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

3.57 km/s

Rotation period

24.89 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.925

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
10.38 parsec
Light-years 33.85 ly
V-band magnitude
9.70 mag
Voyager-speed travel 597,010 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.211.211.16B9.70V8.82Gaia7.77TESS7.63Ic6.45J5.87H5.62K5.56W15.34W25.38W35.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

96.314 mas

Total Proper Motion

520.850 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-115.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

-507.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.240 · y = -0.868 · z = 0.434

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 254.53632° · Dec 25.74197°

Galactic ℓ, b

46.521° · 35.337°

Ecliptic λ, β

248.938° · 48.057°

HTM-20 index

-215718926

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

2

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