Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 165155 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 165155, located approximately 206.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 918.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.27 g
  • An orbital period of 434.500 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 206.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.393
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,644,166 years

HD 165155 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
918.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.890 M♃
Density
2.19 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.393
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#847of 1771

top 47.8%

This planet

13.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 165155 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00918.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.191.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 918.529 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 165155

HIP

HIP 88650

TIC

TIC 408229533

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4050284898932499072

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4050284898932499072

System

HD 165155

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.200 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 918.529 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 434.50 d · percentile 65 / cohort 1533
Distance 63.36 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.393 · percentile 84 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
434.500 days
Semi-major axis
1.1300 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.19 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1300 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.393

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 165155

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,426 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.950 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

1.757 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

14.60 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
63.36 parsec
Light-years 206.64 ly
V-band magnitude
9.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,644,166 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.510.210.20B9.36V9.21Gaia8.72TESS8.03J7.69H7.58K7.52W17.60W27.62W37.94W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.755 mas

Total Proper Motion

76.954 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

76.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.023 · y = -0.866 · z = -0.499

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 271.48934° · Dec -29.91725°

Galactic ℓ, b

1.379° · -4.321°

Ecliptic λ, β

271.295° · -6.485°

HTM-20 index

-1802397412

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