Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
A mass of 473.55 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 2.56 g
An orbital period of 1,544.000 days
Semi-major axis 2.6200 AU
Distance from Earth 342.97 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.340
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,048,264 years

HD 132563 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

13.60 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.210 R♃

Mass

473.55 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

1.490 M♃

Density

1.03 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

2.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.340

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011

Method Radial Velocity

Facility Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

Telescope 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#609of 1771

top 34.3%

This planet

13.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 19994 b 13.60 R⊕ HD 205739 b 13.60 R⊕ HD 79498 b 13.60 R⊕

Metric	Earth	HD 132563 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	13.60	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	473.55	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	1.03	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	2.56	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i)	473.547 M⊕	Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD 132563

HIP

HIP 73261 A

TIC

TIC 284680749

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1585765117538284800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1585765117538284800

System

HD 132563

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771

Mass 473.547 M⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 1,544.00 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1533

Distance 105.16 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.340 · percentile 68 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

1,544.000 days

Semi-major axis

2.6200 AU

Eccentricity

0.220

Inclination

— °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.23 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.6200 AU.

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.340

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Desidera et al. 2011

Instrument

SARG Spectrograph

Publication

2011-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 132563

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,289 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.31 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.296 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.231 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.303 dex

Stellar density

0.798 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

105.16 parsec

Light-years 342.97 ly

V-band magnitude

8.93 mag

Voyager-speed travel 6,048,264 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.481 mas

Total Proper Motion

92.409 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-63.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

-67.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.512 · y = -0.505 · z = 0.695

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 224.58929° · Dec 44.04286°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.894° · 59.443°

Ecliptic λ, β

200.009° · 56.988°

HTM-20 index

-723883819

Observation Record

Photometric series

RV measurements

Archive notes