Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

HD 141399 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 141399, located approximately 120.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 422.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.29 g
  • An orbital period of 201.990 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6890 AU
  • Distance from Earth 120.73 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.333
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,129,124 years

3 siblings around HD 141399

HD 141399 c shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 141399 b Gas Giant 14.30 143.34 94.440 2014
HD 141399 c this Gas Giant 13.60 422.71 201.990 2014
HD 141399 d Gas Giant 13.70 375.04 1,069.800 2014
HD 141399 e Gas Giant 14.10 209.77 5,000.000 2014

HD 141399 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.220 R♃
Mass
422.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.330 M♃
Density
0.92 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.333
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#609of 1771

top 34.3%

This planet

13.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 141399 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00422.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.921.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 422.714 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 141399

HIP

HIP 77301

TIC

TIC 156067565

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1398218223733415552

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1398218223733415552

System

HD 141399

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 422.714 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 201.99 d · percentile 57 / cohort 1533
Distance 37.02 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.333 · percentile 66 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
201.990 days
Semi-major axis
0.6890 AU
Eccentricity
0.048
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 201.99 Earth days (55.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.6890 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

44.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,626.0200

Long. of periastron (ω)

-140.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

18.60000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.333

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Vogt et al. 2014

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2014-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 141399

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,600 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.387 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.35

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.280 dex

Stellar density

0.512 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-21.55 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.90 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.170

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
37.02 parsec
Light-years 120.73 ly
V-band magnitude
7.21 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,129,124 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.48.07.95B7.21V7.01Gaia6.54TESS5.89J5.60H5.50K5.47W15.38W25.52W35.47W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

26.986 mas

Total Proper Motion

108.534 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-108.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.374 · y = -0.570 · z = 0.731

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 236.72354° · Dec 46.98629°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.989° · 50.456°

Ecliptic λ, β

211.833° · 63.859°

HTM-20 index

-1876208016

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