Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021 Habitable Zone

HD 109286 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 109286, located approximately 180.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 950.31 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.45 g
  • An orbital period of 520.100 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.2590 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 259 K (-14 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 180.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.463
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,187,373 years

HD 109286 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
950.31 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.990 M♃
Density
2.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.45 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.463
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#847of 1771

top 47.8%

This planet

13.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 109286 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00950.31317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.452.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.710.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 950.307 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 109286

HIP

HIP 61298

TIC

TIC 399087153

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3902370696320119296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3902370696320119296

System

HD 109286

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.200 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 950.307 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 520.10 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1533
Distance 55.42 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.463 · percentile 100 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
520.100 days
Semi-major axis
1.2590 AU
Eccentricity
0.338
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.42 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.2590 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

248.500

RV semi-amplitude (K)

81.600 m/s

Long. of periastron (ω)

133.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

22.70000

Eq. Temperature

259K

(-14 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.71

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.463

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Demangeon et al. 2021

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2021-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 109286

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,694 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.089 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.440 dex

Stellar density

1.703 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
55.42 parsec
Light-years 180.74 ly
V-band magnitude
8.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,187,373 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.09.59.49B8.78V8.62Gaia8.17TESS7.59J7.24H7.16K7.00W17.16W27.17W37.19W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.017 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.268 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.981 · y = -0.145 · z = 0.127

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 188.39584° · Dec 7.28091°

Galactic ℓ, b

290.072° · 69.706°

Ecliptic λ, β

184.800° · 10.014°

HTM-20 index

-185198849

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