Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 136925 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 136925, located approximately 156.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 266.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.38 g
  • An orbital period of 4,540.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.1300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 156.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.294
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,753,598 years

HD 136925 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
266.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.840 M♃
Density
0.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.38 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.294
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#456of 1771

top 25.7%

This planet

13.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 136925 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00266.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.382.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 266.976 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 136925

HIP

HIP 75281

TIC

TIC 400015692

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1170797781264303616

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1170797781264303616

System

HD 136925

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 266.976 M⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4,540.00 d · percentile 92 / cohort 1533
Distance 47.87 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.294 · percentile 56 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4,540.000 days
Semi-major axis
5.1300 AU
Eccentricity
0.103
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 12.43 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 5.1300 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

11.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,449,690.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

24.06°

Angular separation (arcsec)

107.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.294

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rosenthal et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 136925

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,773 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.193 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.875 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.226 dex

Stellar density

0.928 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
47.87 parsec
Light-years 156.14 ly
V-band magnitude
7.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,753,598 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.38.58.53B7.91V7.74Gaia7.32TESS6.75J6.37H6.36K6.30W16.32W26.34W36.29W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

20.860 mas

Total Proper Motion

272.432 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-271.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

-27.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.616 · y = -0.753 · z = 0.231

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 230.71575° · Dec 13.36631°

Galactic ℓ, b

19.324° · 52.099°

Ecliptic λ, β

224.191° · 30.773°

HTM-20 index

728124635

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories