Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 14787 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 14787, located approximately 388.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 356.29 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.90 g
  • An orbital period of 676.600 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.7000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 388.57 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.318
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,852,475 years

HD 14787 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.230 R♃
Mass
356.29 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.121 M♃
Density
0.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.90 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.318
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 14787 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00356.29317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.902.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 356.287 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 14787

HIP

HIP 11130

TIC

TIC 380966347

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 24570756281835392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 24570756281835392

System

HD 14787

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 356.287 M⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 676.60 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1533
Distance 119.14 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.318 · percentile 62 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
676.600 days
Semi-major axis
1.7000 AU
Eccentricity
0.155
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.85 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.7000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.318

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Luhn et al. 2019

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2019-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 14787

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,946 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

5.010 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.430 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.230 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-8.14 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
119.14 parsec
Light-years 388.57 ly
V-band magnitude
7.63 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,852,475 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.38.68.56B7.63V7.38Gaia6.81TESS5.99J5.50H5.39K5.35W15.26W25.40W35.34W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.365 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.212 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.797 · y = 0.575 · z = 0.188

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 35.80851° · Dec 10.83680°

Galactic ℓ, b

156.380° · -45.989°

Ecliptic λ, β

37.078° · -3.215°

HTM-20 index

137340831

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