Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2002

HD 128311 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 128311, located approximately 53.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 562.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.09 g
  • An orbital period of 453.019 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.0840 AU
  • Distance from Earth 53.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.355
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 939,217 years

1 sibling around HD 128311

HD 128311 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 128311 b this Gas Giant 13.50 562.24 453.019 2002
HD 128311 c Gas Giant 13.00 1,204.26 921.538 2005

HD 128311 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
562.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.769 M♃
Density
1.26 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.355
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2002
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#671of 1771

top 37.8%

This planet

13.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 128311 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00562.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.261.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 562.241 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 128311

HIP

HIP 71395

TIC

TIC 349606708

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1176209886733406592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1176209886733406592

System

HD 128311

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.500 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1771
Mass 562.241 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 453.02 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1533
Distance 16.33 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.355 · percentile 72 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
453.019 days
Semi-major axis
1.0840 AU
Eccentricity
0.303
Inclination
30.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.24 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.0840 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

55.627 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,211.3000

Long. of periastron (ω)

57.86°

Angular separation (arcsec)

66.40000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.355

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Butler et al. 2003

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2003-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 128311

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,965 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.96 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.760 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.828 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.610 dex

Stellar density

2.609 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.62 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.65 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
16.33 parsec
Light-years 53.26 ly
V-band magnitude
7.48 mag
Voyager-speed travel 939,217 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.08.48.42B7.48V7.17Gaia6.57TESS6.71Ic5.77J5.30H5.14K5.18W15.03W25.18W35.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

61.211 mas

Total Proper Motion

323.200 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

204.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-250.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.766 · y = -0.620 · z = 0.169

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 219.00323° · Dec 9.74544°

Galactic ℓ, b

2.729° · 59.836°

Ecliptic λ, β

213.226° · 23.706°

HTM-20 index

-489393998

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

3

Stellar spectra

3

Archive notes

2

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