Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

HD 11755 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 11755, located approximately 766.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,789.38 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.92 g
  • An orbital period of 433.700 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.0900 AU
  • Distance from Earth 766.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.436
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,519,226 years

HD 11755 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,789.38 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.630 M♃
Density
4.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.436
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Bohyunsan Optical Astronomical Observatory
Telescope 1.8 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1063of 1771

top 60.0%

This planet

12.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 11755 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,789.38317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,789.383 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 11755

HIP

HIP 9242

TIC

TIC 137121812

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 558504529130235136

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 558504529130235136

System

HD 11755

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,789.383 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 433.70 d · percentile 65 / cohort 1533
Distance 235.05 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.436 · percentile 96 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
433.700 days
Semi-major axis
1.0900 AU
Eccentricity
0.190
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.19 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.0900 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.436

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lee et al. 2015

Instrument

BOES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2015-12

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2015 at Bohyunsan Optical Astronomical Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 11755

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,312 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

20.580 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.720 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.74

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

1.670 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-86.72 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
235.05 parsec
Light-years 766.61 ly
V-band magnitude
6.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 13,519,226 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.68.38.34B6.88V6.46Gaia5.74TESS4.67J3.93H3.76K3.80W13.55W23.75W33.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.226 mas

Total Proper Motion

81.468 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-57.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

-57.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.252 · y = 0.144 · z = 0.957

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 29.70784° · Dec 73.15214°

Galactic ℓ, b

127.840° · 10.926°

Ecliptic λ, β

63.835° · 55.182°

HTM-20 index

-1824068761

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