Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 154391 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 154391, located approximately 329.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,892.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 18.51 g
  • An orbital period of 5,163.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 7.4600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 329.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.396
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,806,230 years

HD 154391 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,892.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.100 M♃
Density
8.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
18.51 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.396
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 154391 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,892.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0018.512.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,892.239 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,094.489 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 154391

HIP

HIP 83289

TIC

TIC 424731682

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1438038102484626048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1438038102484626048

System

HD 154391

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,892.239 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5,163.00 d · percentile 93 / cohort 1533
Distance 100.95 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.396 · percentile 85 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5,163.000 days
Semi-major axis
7.4600 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
47.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 14.14 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 7.4600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.396

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

Xiao et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-12

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Host System: HD 154391

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,909 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

8.560 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Distance
100.95 parsec
Light-years 329.24 ly
V-band magnitude
6.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,806,230 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.67.27.17B6.16V5.90Gaia5.32TESS4.94J4.22H3.90K3.85W13.64W23.85W33.83W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.877 mas

Total Proper Motion

59.144 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-44.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

38.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.124 · y = -0.474 · z = 0.872

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 255.32013° · Dec 60.64892°

Galactic ℓ, b

90.055° · 36.809°

Ecliptic λ, β

215.409° · 81.233°

HTM-20 index

-2034362303

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