Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 1999

HD 177830 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 177830, located approximately 204.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 537.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.95 g
  • An orbital period of 410.100 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 204.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.352
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,610,231 years

1 sibling around HD 177830

HD 177830 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 177830 c Neptune-like 7.87 47.67 110.900 2010
HD 177830 b this Gas Giant 13.50 537.13 410.100 1999

HD 177830 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
537.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.690 M♃
Density
1.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.352
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 1999
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#671of 1771

top 37.8%

This planet

13.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 177830 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00537.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 537.133 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 177830

HIP

HIP 93746

TIC

TIC 265052133

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2035963417721248128

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2035963417721248128

System

HD 177830

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.500 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1771
Mass 537.133 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 410.10 d · percentile 64 / cohort 1533
Distance 62.77 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.352 · percentile 72 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
410.100 days
Semi-major axis
1.1400 AU
Eccentricity
0.100
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.12 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1400 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

32.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,452.4000

Long. of periastron (ω)

85.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

18.20000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.352

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Vogt et al. 2000

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2000-06

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 1999 at W. M. Keck Observatory (4 shown).

Host System: HD 177830

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,901 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

3.260 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.700 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.42

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.640 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-72.14 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.68 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
62.77 parsec
Light-years 204.72 ly
V-band magnitude
7.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,610,231 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.68.38.27B7.18V6.89Gaia6.28TESS5.37J4.95H4.81K4.79W14.65W24.78W34.73W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.903 mas

Total Proper Motion

66.767 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-41.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

-52.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.253 · y = -0.863 · z = 0.437

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.33636° · Dec 25.92043°

Galactic ℓ, b

57.684° · 8.672°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.258° · 48.105°

HTM-20 index

-899348034

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Stellar spectra

6

Archive notes

1

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