Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2005

HD 128311 c

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 13.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,204.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 7.13 g
  • An orbital period of 921.538 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.7400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 53.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.413
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 939,217 years

1 sibling around HD 128311

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

HD 128311 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.160 R♃
Mass
1,204.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.789 M♃
Density
3.01 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
7.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.413
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2005
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#960of 1771

top 54.2%

This planet

13.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 128311 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,204.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.011.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.007.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,204.258 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 993.219 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 1,198.700 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

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 13.000 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,204.258 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 921.54 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1533
Distance 16.33 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.413 · percentile 89 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
921.538 days
Semi-major axis
1.7400 AU
Eccentricity
0.159
Inclination
55.95 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.52 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.7400 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

74.799 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,219.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

15.45°

Angular separation (arcsec)

107.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.413

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. 2005

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2005-10

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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