Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2008

HD 187123 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 187123, located approximately 149.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 912.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.24 g
  • An orbital period of 3,810.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.8900 AU
  • Distance from Earth 149.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.393
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,643,210 years

1 sibling around HD 187123

HD 187123 c 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 187123 b Gas Giant 14.20 166.22 3.097 1998
HD 187123 c this Gas Giant 13.20 912.17 3,810.000 2008

HD 187123 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
912.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.870 M♃
Density
2.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.24 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.393
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2008
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

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 187123 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00912.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.242.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 912.168 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 632.460 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 187123

HIP

HIP 97336

TIC

TIC 58559140

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2047452661412980736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2047452661412980736

System

HD 187123

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.200 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 912.168 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,810.00 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1533
Distance 45.95 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.393 · percentile 84 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,810.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.8900 AU
Eccentricity
0.252
Inclination
137.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 10.43 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 4.8900 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

25.500 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,871.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

243.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

106.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.393

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. 2009

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2009-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 187123

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,790 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.150 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.333 dex

Stellar density

0.963 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-16.99 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.10 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.030

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
45.95 parsec
Light-years 149.88 ly
V-band magnitude
7.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,643,210 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.28.58.49B7.83V7.67Gaia7.25TESS6.64J6.40H6.34K6.31W16.25W26.33W36.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.732 mas

Total Proper Motion

188.698 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

142.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

-123.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.371 · y = -0.737 · z = 0.565

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.74288° · Dec 34.41899°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.466° · 4.679°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.449° · 54.256°

HTM-20 index

-767094899

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

4

Stellar spectra

2

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