Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 112570 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 112570, located approximately 330.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,086.97 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.33 g
  • An orbital period of 2,615.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.9000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 329.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.406
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,818,826 years

HD 112570 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,086.97 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.420 M♃
Density
2.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.406
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

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 112570 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,086.97317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,086.973 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 832.710 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 112570

HIP

HIP 63211

TIC

TIC 137004295

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1530780980575704704

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1530780980576364032

System

HD 112570

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,086.973 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,615.00 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1533
Distance 101.17 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.406 · percentile 87 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,615.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.9000 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
54.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 7.16 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 3.9000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.406

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

Xiao et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-12

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Host System: HD 112570

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,750 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.45 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

9.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.40

Distance
101.17 parsec
Light-years 329.96 ly
V-band magnitude
6.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,818,826 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.57.17.13B6.11V5.82Gaia5.22TESS4.17J3.60H3.49K3.60W13.45W23.63W33.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.856 mas

Total Proper Motion

53.729 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

-52.99 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.671 · y = -0.171 · z = 0.721

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 194.28243° · Dec 46.17656°

Galactic ℓ, b

119.917° · 70.918°

Ecliptic λ, β

169.011° · 46.877°

HTM-20 index

-1558164432

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