Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 137496 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 137496, located approximately 506.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,434.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 15.33 g
  • An orbital period of 479.900 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.2163 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 370 K (97 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 506.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.433
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,933,462 years

1 sibling around HD 137496

HD 137496 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 137496 b Super-Earth 1.31 4.04 1.621 2,130 2021
HD 137496 c this Gas Giant 12.60 2,434.57 479.900 370 2021

HD 137496 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.130 R♃
Mass
2,434.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.660 M♃
Density
6.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
15.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.433
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 137496 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,434.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0015.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,434.566 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 137496

TIC

TIC 346250894

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6258810550587404672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6258810550587404672

System

HD 137496

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,434.566 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 479.90 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1533
Distance 155.32 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.433 · percentile 95 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
479.900 days
Semi-major axis
1.2163 AU
Eccentricity
0.477
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.31 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.2163 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

221.250 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,629.2100

Long. of periastron (ω)

-39.01°

Angular separation (arcsec)

7.83000

Eq. Temperature

370K

(97 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.433

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Azevedo Silva et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 137496

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,799 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.590 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.050 dex

Stellar density

0.259 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-2.99 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
155.32 parsec
Light-years 506.58 ly
V-band magnitude
9.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,933,462 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.210.710.67B9.90V9.77Gaia9.83Kepler9.30TESS8.65J8.37H8.24K8.19W18.23W28.19W38.17W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.411 mas

Total Proper Motion

51.167 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

20.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

-46.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.594 · y = -0.753 · z = -0.284

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 231.74205° · Dec -16.50900°

Galactic ℓ, b

348.345° · 32.321°

Ecliptic λ, β

233.546° · 2.221°

HTM-20 index

1878043934

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