Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
A mass of 772.32 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 4.37 g
An orbital period of 5,894.000 days
Semi-major axis 6.7000 AU
Distance from Earth 92.20 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.380
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,626,006 years

HD 150706 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

13.30 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.180 R♃

Mass

772.32 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

2.430 M♃

Density

1.80 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

4.37 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.380

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012

Method Radial Velocity

Facility Haute-Provence Observatory

Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 12661 b 13.30 R⊕ HD 129445 b 13.30 R⊕ GJ 876 b 13.30 R⊕

Metric	Earth	HD 150706 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	13.30	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	772.32	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	1.80	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	4.37	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	772.323 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i)	861.280 M⊕	Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD 150706

HIP

HIP 80902

TIC

TIC 159511543

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1709456705329541504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1709456705329541504

System

HD 150706

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771

Mass 772.323 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 5,894.00 d · percentile 94 / cohort 1533

Distance 28.27 pc · percentile 7 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.380 · percentile 79 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

5,894.000 days

Semi-major axis

6.7000 AU

Eccentricity

0.380

Inclination

70.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 16.14 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 6.7000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.380

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

Boisse et al. 2012

Instrument

ELODIE Spectrograph

Publication

2012-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 150706

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,961 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.960 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.170 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

1.656 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-17.21 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.70 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.610

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

28.27 parsec

Light-years 92.20 ly

V-band magnitude

7.03 mag

Voyager-speed travel 1,626,006 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

35.345 mas

Total Proper Motion

128.713 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

94.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

-86.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.067 · y = -0.164 · z = 0.984

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 247.82557° · Dec 79.78940°

Galactic ℓ, b

113.007° · 32.638°

Ecliptic λ, β

105.520° · 75.523°

HTM-20 index

-3823281