Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2001

HD 114783 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 114783, located approximately 68.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 349.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.86 g
  • An orbital period of 493.700 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 68.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.317
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,211,482 years

1 sibling around HD 114783

HD 114783 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 114783 b this Gas Giant 13.70 349.60 493.700 2001
HD 114783 c Gas Giant 13.40 603.87 4,352.000 2018

HD 114783 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.230 R♃
Mass
349.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.100 M♃
Density
0.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.86 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.317
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2001
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 114783 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00349.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.862.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 349.600 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 114783

HIP

HIP 64457

TIC

TIC 292113181

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3684934540986187776

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3684934540986187776

System

HD 114783

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 349.600 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 493.70 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1533
Distance 21.06 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.317 · percentile 62 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
493.700 days
Semi-major axis
1.1600 AU
Eccentricity
0.144
Inclination
110.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.35 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1600 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

31.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,283.8000

Long. of periastron (ω)

86.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

55.10000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.317

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

Vogt et al. 2002

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2002-03

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2001 at W. M. Keck Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 114783

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,135 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.841 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.853 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.526 dex

Stellar density

2.026 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-12.11 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.90 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.970

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
21.06 parsec
Light-years 68.70 ly
V-band magnitude
7.56 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,211,482 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.38.48.44B7.56V7.32Gaia6.77TESS6.03J5.62H5.48K5.46W15.35W25.50W35.47W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

47.448 mas

Total Proper Motion

138.780 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-138.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.23 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.949 · y = -0.312 · z = -0.040

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 198.18184° · Dec -2.26499°

Galactic ℓ, b

313.668° · 60.162°

Ecliptic λ, β

197.631° · 5.035°

HTM-20 index

-856477977

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

3

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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