Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HD 145457 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 145457, located approximately 441.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 888.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.10 g
  • An orbital period of 176.130 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.7620 AU
  • Distance from Earth 441.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.391
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,781,672 years

HD 145457 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
888.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.794 M♃
Density
2.12 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.391
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Subaru Telescope
Telescope 8.2 m Subaru Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#847of 1771

top 47.8%

This planet

13.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 145457 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00888.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.121.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 888.013 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 145457

HIP

HIP 79219

TIC

TIC 236339228

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1315900158983769472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1315900158983769472

System

HD 145457

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.200 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 888.013 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 176.13 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1533
Distance 135.29 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.391 · percentile 83 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
176.130 days
Semi-major axis
0.7620 AU
Eccentricity
0.111
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 176.13 Earth days (48.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.7620 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.391

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sato et al. 2010

Instrument

HDS Spectrograph

Publication

2010-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 145457

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,757 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

9.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.770 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-3.15 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
135.29 parsec
Light-years 441.26 ly
V-band magnitude
6.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,781,672 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.97.67.61B6.57V6.28Gaia5.67TESS5.00J4.42H4.12K4.14W13.86W24.09W34.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.363 mas

Total Proper Motion

41.137 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-18.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

36.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.412 · y = -0.792 · z = 0.450

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 242.51622° · Dec 26.74291°

Galactic ℓ, b

44.302° · 46.030°

Ecliptic λ, β

233.044° · 46.718°

HTM-20 index

643152085

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