Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

GSC 06214-00210 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange GSC 06214-00210, located approximately 353.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 20.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5,000.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.28 g
  • Semi-major axis 320.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,300 K (2027 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 353.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.056
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,240,660 years

GSC 06214-00210 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
20.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.800 R♃
Mass
5,000.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
16.000 M♃
Density
3.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.056
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Imaging
Facility Palomar Observatory
Telescope 5.1 m Hale Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#30of 1771

top 1.6%

This planet

20.18R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

WASP-178 b 20.29 R⊕ KELT-12 b 19.95 R⊕ TOI-2193 A b 19.84 R⊕
Metric Earth GSC 06214-00210 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0020.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005,000.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00—0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5,000.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 50175254

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6244440552088537600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6244440552088537600

System

GSC 06214-00210

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 20.176 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1771
Mass 5,000.000 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1747
Distance 108.50 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.056 · percentile 7 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
— days
Semi-major axis
320.0000 AU
Eccentricity
—
Inclination
— °

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

2,300K

(2027 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.056

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ireland et al. 2011

Instrument

PHARO Camera

Publication

2011-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GSC 06214-00210

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,200 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.01 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.905 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.366 dex

Stellar density

1.321 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-4.59 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.24 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
108.50 parsec
Light-years 353.88 ly
V-band magnitude
12.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,240,660 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.113.613.65B12.42V11.86Gaia11.87Kepler11.08TESS10.00J9.34H9.15K9.10W19.11W29.00W38.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.188 mas

Total Proper Motion

36.769 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-19.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-31.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.388 · y = -0.851 · z = -0.354

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 245.47769° · Dec -20.71934°

Galactic ℓ, b

355.262° · 20.125°

Ecliptic λ, β

247.151° · 0.796°

HTM-20 index

-1286576649

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PDS 70 b

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PDS 70 c

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 22.19 R⊕ · 368.8 ly

WISPIT 2 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 17.93 R⊕ · 440.0 ly

WISPIT 2 c

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 17.93 R⊕ · 440.0 ly

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