Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 108202 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 108202, located approximately 126.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 953.49 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.56 g
  • An orbital period of 2,990.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.7000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 126.17 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.398
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,225,046 years

HD 108202 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
953.49 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.000 M♃
Density
2.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.398
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 108202 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00953.49317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.562.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 953.485 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 108202

HIP

HIP 60648

TIC

TIC 94924490

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3694842171545206656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3694842171545206656

System

HD 108202

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 953.485 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,990.00 d · percentile 88 / cohort 1533
Distance 38.68 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.398 · percentile 85 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,990.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.7000 AU
Eccentricity
0.520
Inclination
56.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 8.19 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 3.7000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.398

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Philipot et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2023-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 108202

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,556 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.664 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.740 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.652 dex

Stellar density

3.474 g/cm³

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.500

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
38.68 parsec
Light-years 126.17 ly
V-band magnitude
10.26 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,225,046 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

7.314.814.77U11.44B10.26V9.78Gaia9.06TESS11.26Sloan g9.80Sloan r9.39Sloan i12.06Sloan z8.06J7.47H7.31K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

25.821 mas

Total Proper Motion

319.582 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-310.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

-77.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.993 · y = -0.113 · z = -0.019

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 186.46132° · Dec -1.11092°

Galactic ℓ, b

289.604° · 61.097°

Ecliptic λ, β

186.368° · 1.545°

HTM-20 index

2108238607

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