Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 10975 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 10975, located approximately 380.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 143.02 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.70 g
  • An orbital period of 283.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.9500 AU
  • Distance from Earth 379.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.246
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,701,146 years

HD 10975 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.280 R♃
Mass
143.02 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.450 M♃
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.246
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Telescope 1.88 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#301of 1771

top 16.9%

This planet

14.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 10975 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00143.02317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 143.023 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 10975

TIC

TIC 28763463

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 343449606741529728

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 343449606741529728

System

HD 10975

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.300 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1771
Mass 143.023 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 283.80 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1533
Distance 116.51 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.246 · percentile 43 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
283.800 days
Semi-major axis
0.9500 AU
Eccentricity
0.442
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 283.80 Earth days (77.7% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.9500 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.246

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Teng et al. 2021

Instrument

HIDES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2021-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 10975

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,840 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

11.160 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.410 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.480 dex

Rotational v·sin i

1.69 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
116.51 parsec
Light-years 379.99 ly
V-band magnitude
5.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,701,146 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.46.96.92B5.94V5.67Gaia5.09TESS4.36J3.87H3.88K3.59W13.40W23.62W33.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.555 mas

Total Proper Motion

115.641 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

112.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

-26.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.702 · y = 0.360 · z = 0.615

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 27.16280° · Dec 37.95275°

Galactic ℓ, b

135.201° · -23.552°

Ecliptic λ, β

39.330° · 24.902°

HTM-20 index

1709889461

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