Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 13167 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 13167, located approximately 485.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,052.02 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.13 g
  • An orbital period of 2,613.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.1000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 485.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.404
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,566,327 years

HD 13167 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,052.02 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.310 M♃
Density
2.57 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.404
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 13167 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,052.02317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.571.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,052.017 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 13167

HIP

HIP 9960

TIC

TIC 72638232

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5121479777262042112

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5121479777262042112

System

HD 13167

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,052.017 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,613.00 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1533
Distance 148.93 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.404 · percentile 87 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,613.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.1000 AU
Eccentricity
0.563
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 7.15 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 4.1000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.404

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Luhn et al. 2019

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2019-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 13167

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,671 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

2.390 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.350 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.720 dex

Stellar density

0.045 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

16.16 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
148.93 parsec
Light-years 485.76 ly
V-band magnitude
8.34 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,566,327 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.69.09.02B8.34V8.16Gaia7.71TESS7.08J6.81H6.71K6.65W16.67W26.70W36.63W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.686 mas

Total Proper Motion

58.047 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

43.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-38.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.770 · y = 0.482 · z = -0.418

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 32.05764° · Dec -24.69558°

Galactic ℓ, b

209.215° · -72.579°

Ecliptic λ, β

19.732° · -35.109°

HTM-20 index

-1843564639

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