Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
A mass of 572.09 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 3.19 g
An orbital period of 896.000 days
Semi-major axis 2.0100 AU
Distance from Earth 430.03 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.359
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,583,639 years

HD 131496 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

13.40 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.200 R♃

Mass

572.09 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

1.800 M♃

Density

1.31 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

3.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.359

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

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 114783 c 13.40 R⊕ HIP 79431 b 13.40 R⊕ HD 68988 b 13.40 R⊕

Metric	Earth	HD 131496 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	13.40	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	572.09	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	1.31	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	3.19	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i)	572.094 M⊕	Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD 131496

HIP

HIP 72845

TIC

TIC 267365022

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1236429004715336576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1236429004715336576

System

HD 131496

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771

Mass 572.094 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 896.00 d · percentile 75 / cohort 1533

Distance 131.85 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.359 · percentile 73 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

896.000 days

Semi-major axis

2.0100 AU

Eccentricity

0.181

Inclination

— °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.45 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.0100 AU.

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.359

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2011

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2011 at W. M. Keck Observatory (12 shown).

HD 5891 b · Gas Giant HD 102329 b · Gas Giant HD 18742 b · Gas Giant HD 142245 b · Gas Giant CFBDSIR J145829+101343 b · Gas Giant HD 1502 b · Gas Giant HD 108863 b · Gas Giant HD 82886 b · Gas Giant HD 106270 b · Gas Giant HD 98219 b · Gas Giant HD 152581 b · Gas Giant HD 30856 b · Gas Giant

Host System: HD 131496

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,846 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.440 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.340 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.180 dex

Systemic radial velocity

1.36 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.48 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

131.85 parsec

Light-years 430.03 ly

V-band magnitude

7.80 mag

Voyager-speed travel 7,583,639 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.556 mas

Total Proper Motion

55.441 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

43.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

-34.12 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.691 · y = -0.652 · z = 0.313

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 223.34615° · Dec 18.23526°

Galactic ℓ, b

21.812° · 60.588°

Ecliptic λ, β

214.438° · 33.122°

HTM-20 index

-1511161612

Similar Worlds

HD 93083 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 13.40 R⊕ · 93.0 ly

Kepler-48 e

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 13.40 R⊕ · 1,000.4 ly

HD 47366 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 13.40 R⊕ · 275.1 ly

HIP 114933 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 13.40 R⊕ · 331.9 ly

HD 114783 c

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 13.40 R⊕ · 68.7 ly

HD 4732 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 13.40 R⊕ · 178.7 ly

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