Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HD 116029 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 116029, located approximately 402.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 444.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.41 g
  • An orbital period of 670.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.6500 AU
  • Distance from Earth 401.97 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.336
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,088,758 years

1 sibling around HD 116029

HD 116029 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 116029 b this Gas Giant 13.60 444.96 670.000 2011
HD 116029 c Gas Giant 13.70 403.64 907.000 2018

HD 116029 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
444.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.400 M♃
Density
0.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.41 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.336
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#609of 1771

top 34.3%

This planet

13.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 116029 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00444.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.412.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 444.962 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 116029

HIP

HIP 65117

TIC

TIC 305837711

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1446584503287858560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1446584503287858560

System

HD 116029

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 444.962 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 670.00 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1533
Distance 123.25 pc · percentile 39 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.336 · percentile 67 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
670.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.6500 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.83 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.6500 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.336

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2011

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 116029

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,819 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.980 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-6.42 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.46 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
123.25 parsec
Light-years 401.97 ly
V-band magnitude
7.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,088,758 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.48.98.90B7.88V7.61Gaia7.02TESS6.14J5.65H5.53K5.49W15.42W25.53W35.50W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.085 mas

Total Proper Motion

54.168 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

-52.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.853 · y = -0.313 · z = 0.417

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 200.16469° · Dec 24.64847°

Galactic ℓ, b

13.884° · 82.977°

Ecliptic λ, β

188.105° · 30.482°

HTM-20 index

-2100210377

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

2

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