Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2003

HD 111232 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 111232, located approximately 94.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,531.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 15.95 g
  • An orbital period of 1,169.132 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.1480 AU
  • Distance from Earth 94.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.414
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,665,543 years

1 sibling around HD 111232

HD 111232 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 111232 b this Gas Giant 12.60 2,531.50 1,169.132 2003
HD 111232 c Gas Giant 12.20 5,740.93 26,472.446 2022

HD 111232 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,531.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.965 M♃
Density
6.95 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
15.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.414
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2003
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 1.2 m Leonhard Euler 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 111232 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,531.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.951.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0015.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,531.503 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,301.078 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 111232

HIP

HIP 62534

TIC

TIC 329649885

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5855730584310531200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5855730584310531200

System

HD 111232

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,531.503 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,169.13 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1533
Distance 28.96 pc · percentile 7 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.414 · percentile 89 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,169.132 days
Semi-major axis
2.1480 AU
Eccentricity
0.214
Inclination
93.52 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.20 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.1480 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.414

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

Mayor et al. 2004

Instrument

CORALIE Spectrograph

Publication

2004-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 111232

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,512 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.36

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

1.717 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

104.40 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.980

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
28.96 parsec
Light-years 94.45 ly
V-band magnitude
7.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,665,543 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.88.38.31B7.59V7.41Gaia6.94TESS6.33J5.98H5.90K5.85W15.80W25.87W35.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

34.505 mas

Total Proper Motion

115.683 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

27.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

112.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.359 · y = -0.078 · z = -0.930

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 192.21596° · Dec -68.42467°

Galactic ℓ, b

302.694° · -5.554°

Ecliptic λ, β

230.836° · -55.310°

HTM-20 index

-977698418

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Archive notes

1

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