Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 147873 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 147873, located approximately 355.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 731.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.13 g
  • An orbital period of 491.540 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.3600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 355.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.377
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,272,583 years

1 sibling around HD 147873

HD 147873 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 147873 b Gas Giant 12.80 1,633.65 116.596 2016
HD 147873 c this Gas Giant 13.30 731.01 491.540 2016

HD 147873 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.190 R♃
Mass
731.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.300 M♃
Density
1.71 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.377
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 147873 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00731.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.711.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 731.009 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 147873

HIP

HIP 80486

TIC

TIC 211080657

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6024733935303422208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6024733935303422208

System

HD 147873

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 731.009 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 491.54 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1533
Distance 109.06 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.377 · percentile 78 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
491.540 days
Semi-major axis
1.3600 AU
Eccentricity
0.230
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.35 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.3600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.377

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Jenkins et al. 2017

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2017-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 147873

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,972 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.290 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.380 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.860 dex

Stellar density

0.113 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

23.28 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.90 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.240

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
109.06 parsec
Light-years 355.69 ly
V-band magnitude
7.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,272,583 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.28.68.56B7.96V7.82Gaia7.43TESS6.91J6.70H6.58K6.25W16.56W26.60W36.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.142 mas

Total Proper Motion

29.490 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-18.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.333 · y = -0.764 · z = -0.553

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 246.43805° · Dec -33.56722°

Galactic ℓ, b

345.985° · 10.846°

Ecliptic λ, β

250.107° · -11.741°

HTM-20 index

-281518980

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