Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2006

HD 154345 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 154345, located approximately 59.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 376.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.01 g
  • An orbital period of 3,280.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.1580 AU
  • Distance from Earth 59.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.322
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,051,652 years

HD 154345 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.220 R♃
Mass
376.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.186 M♃
Density
0.81 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.322
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2006
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 154345 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00376.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.811.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 376.944 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 365.505 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 154345

HIP

HIP 83389

TIC

TIC 198562505

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1359938520253565952

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1359938520253565952

System

HD 154345

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 376.944 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,280.00 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1533
Distance 18.28 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.322 · percentile 63 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,280.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.1580 AU
Eccentricity
0.058
Inclination
88.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 8.98 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 4.1580 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

17.050 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,384.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

309.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

227.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.322

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

Wright et al. 2007

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2007-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 154345

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,468 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.53 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.505 dex

Stellar density

2.036 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-47.30 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.910

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
18.28 parsec
Light-years 59.63 ly
V-band magnitude
6.76 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,051,652 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.97.57.49B6.76V6.57Gaia6.09TESS5.41J5.10H5.00K4.99W14.92W25.02W34.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

54.664 mas

Total Proper Motion

862.586 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

123.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

853.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.169 · y = -0.660 · z = 0.732

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 255.65246° · Dec 47.08555°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.027° · 37.663°

Ecliptic λ, β

241.738° · 69.122°

HTM-20 index

-847930209

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Stellar spectra

4

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