Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2008

HD 143361 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 143361, located approximately 223.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,382.55 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 8.31 g
  • An orbital period of 1,039.150 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.9880 AU
  • Distance from Earth 223.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.423
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,940,796 years

Context from the literature

HD 143361 b is an exoplanet located approximately 224 light-years away in the constellation of Norma, orbiting the 9th magnitude G-type main sequence star HD 143361. This planet has a minimum mass of 3.0 times that of Jupiter. Because the inclination was initially unknown, the true mass was not known. This planet orbits at a distance of 2.0 AU with an orbital eccentricity of 0.18.

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HD 143361 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,382.55 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.350 M♃
Density
3.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
8.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.423
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2008
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Las Campanas Observatory
Telescope 6.5 m Magellan II Clay Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1011of 1771

top 57.0%

This planet

12.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 143361 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,382.55317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.008.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,382.554 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,122.576 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 143361

HIP

HIP 78521

TIC

TIC 255480497

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5991331601015519104

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5991331601015519104

System

HD 143361

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,382.554 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,039.15 d · percentile 78 / cohort 1533
Distance 68.51 pc · percentile 28 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.423 · percentile 92 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,039.150 days
Semi-major axis
1.9880 AU
Eccentricity
0.197
Inclination
50.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.85 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.9880 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.423

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Minniti et al. 2009

Instrument

MIKE Spectrograph

Publication

2009-03

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2008 at Las Campanas Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 143361

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,507 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.94 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.916 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.968 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.472 dex

Stellar density

1.245 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-0.27 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.50 km/s

Rotation period

42.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.010

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
68.51 parsec
Light-years 223.46 ly
V-band magnitude
9.20 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,940,796 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.410.010.03B9.20V9.02Gaia8.53TESS7.91J7.57H7.49K7.41W17.49W27.48W37.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

14.567 mas

Total Proper Motion

197.348 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-156.50 mas/yr

PM Declination

-120.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.352 · y = -0.621 · z = -0.700

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 240.45884° · Dec -44.43506°

Galactic ℓ, b

334.969° · 6.274°

Ecliptic λ, β

247.460° · -23.280°

HTM-20 index

-1729539816

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Archive notes

2

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