Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

HD 16175 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 16175, located approximately 195.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,875.19 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 11.45 g
  • An orbital period of 990.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.1200 AU
  • Distance from Earth 195.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.437
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,442,946 years

Context from the literature

HD 16175 b is an exoplanet located approximately 195.7 light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda, orbiting the star HD 16175. This planet has a minimum mass 4.8 times that of Jupiter; the true mass was initially unknown since the inclination of the orbit was unknown. This planet orbits at about 2.2 astronomical units, taking 2.73 years to revolve around the star. The orbit of the planet is highly elliptical with an eccentricity of 0.64. In 2023, the inclination and true mass of HD 16175 b were determined via astrometry.

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HD 16175 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,875.19 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.900 M♃
Density
4.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
11.45 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.437
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope 3.0 m C. Donald Shane Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1063of 1771

top 60.0%

This planet

12.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 16175 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,875.19317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0011.452.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,875.188 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,620.933 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 16175

HIP

HIP 12191

TIC

TIC 422922274

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 340028235795364864

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 340028235795364864

System

HD 16175

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,875.188 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 990.00 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1533
Distance 59.86 pc · percentile 25 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.437 · percentile 96 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
990.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.1200 AU
Eccentricity
0.600
Inclination
59.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.71 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.1200 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.437

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

Peek et al. 2009

Instrument

Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2009-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 16175

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,981 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.630 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.180 dex

Stellar density

0.240 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

21.83 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.80 km/s

Rotation period

19.70 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
59.86 parsec
Light-years 195.23 ly
V-band magnitude
7.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,442,946 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.87.97.93B7.30V7.13Gaia6.72TESS6.17J5.92H5.85K5.90W15.78W25.88W35.81W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.678 mas

Total Proper Motion

56.695 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-38.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

-41.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.575 · y = 0.470 · z = 0.670

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 39.25774° · Dec 42.06245°

Galactic ℓ, b

143.084° · -16.640°

Ecliptic λ, β

50.503° · 25.327°

HTM-20 index

-164259333

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