Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HD 102329 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 102329, located approximately 708.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,593.49 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 16.34 g
  • An orbital period of 778.100 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.8100 AU
  • Distance from Earth 708.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.411
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,487,475 years

1 sibling around HD 102329

HD 102329 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
HD 102329 b this Gas Giant 12.60 2,593.49 778.100 2011
HD 102329 c Gas Giant 13.50 483.10 1,123.000 2018

HD 102329 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,593.49 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
8.160 M♃
Density
7.12 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
16.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.411
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 102329 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,593.49317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.121.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0016.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,593.493 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 102329

HIP

HIP 57467

TIC

TIC 325254372

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3895948101012579456

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3895948101012579456

System

HD 102329

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,593.493 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 778.10 d · percentile 73 / cohort 1533
Distance 217.11 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.411 · percentile 88 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
778.100 days
Semi-major axis
1.8100 AU
Eccentricity
0.210
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.13 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.8100 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.411

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2011

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 102329

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,745 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

9.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

3.210 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.960 dex

Systemic radial velocity

14.88 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
217.11 parsec
Light-years 708.11 ly
V-band magnitude
7.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,487,475 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.28.98.88B7.88V7.58Gaia7.70Kepler6.96TESS6.05J5.53H5.40K5.34W15.23W25.38W35.29W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.578 mas

Total Proper Motion

49.500 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-45.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.997 · y = 0.058 · z = 0.061

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 176.69416° · Dec 3.47421°

Galactic ℓ, b

266.983° · 61.746°

Ecliptic λ, β

175.583° · 1.874°

HTM-20 index

-859968947

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