Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2006

GJ 849 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 849, located approximately 28.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 283.82 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.47 g
  • An orbital period of 1,925.310 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.3200 AU
  • Distance from Earth 28.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.298
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 506,188 years

1 sibling around GJ 849

GJ 849 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 849 b this Gas Giant 13.90 283.82 1,925.310 2006
GJ 849 c Gas Giant 13.80 314.65 5,990.000 2014

GJ 849 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
283.82 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.893 M♃
Density
0.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.47 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.298
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2006
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#456of 1771

top 25.7%

This planet

13.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 849 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00283.82317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.472.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 283.821 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 109388

TIC

TIC 248027247

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2627117287488522240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2627117287488522240

System

GJ 849

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 283.821 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,925.31 d · percentile 85 / cohort 1533
Distance 8.80 pc · percentile 0 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.298 · percentile 58 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,925.310 days
Semi-major axis
2.3200 AU
Eccentricity
0.029
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 5.27 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 2.3200 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

24.850 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,453,906.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

111.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

264.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.298

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Butler et al. 2006

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2006-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 849

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,467 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.450 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.450 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.800 dex

Stellar density

6.514 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-15.30 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Rotation period

40.45 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.116

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
8.80 parsec
Light-years 28.70 ly
V-band magnitude
10.41 mag
Voyager-speed travel 506,188 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.211.611.58B10.41V9.22Gaia8.02TESS7.87Ic6.51J5.90H5.59K5.57W15.18W25.31W35.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

113.600 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,132.746 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1,132.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.883 · y = -0.461 · z = -0.081

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 332.42299° · Dec -4.64083°

Galactic ℓ, b

55.894° · -45.403°

Ecliptic λ, β

332.720° · 6.276°

HTM-20 index

819204957

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

3

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