Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HD 113538 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 113538, located approximately 53.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 295.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.55 g
  • An orbital period of 1,818.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.4400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 53.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.303
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 936,484 years

1 sibling around HD 113538

HD 113538 c 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 113538 b Gas Giant 13.20 114.41 663.200 2010
HD 113538 c this Gas Giant 13.80 295.57 1,818.000 2010

HD 113538 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
295.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.930 M♃
Density
0.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.55 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.303
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#510of 1771

top 28.7%

This planet

13.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 113538 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00295.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.552.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 295.570 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 113538

HIP

HIP 63833

TIC

TIC 422214062

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6080301367488384896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6080301367488384896

System

HD 113538

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.800 R⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1771
Mass 295.570 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,818.00 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1533
Distance 16.28 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.303 · percentile 59 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,818.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.4400 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.98 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.4400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.303

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Moutou et al. 2011

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2011-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 113538

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,462 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.530 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.585 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.790 dex

Stellar density

1.970 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

39.20 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
16.28 parsec
Light-years 53.10 ly
V-band magnitude
9.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 936,484 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.510.510.45B9.05V8.44Gaia7.61TESS7.41Ic6.44J5.84H5.64K5.60W15.52W25.58W35.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

61.390 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,118.401 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-786.04 mas/yr

PM Declination

-795.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.585 · y = -0.170 · z = -0.793

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 196.23393° · Dec -52.44635°

Galactic ℓ, b

305.022° · 10.371°

Ecliptic λ, β

218.866° · -41.268°

HTM-20 index

707056499

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