Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 191806 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 191806, located approximately 214.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,966.61 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 18.99 g
  • An orbital period of 1,603.389 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.7490 AU
  • Distance from Earth 214.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.392
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,776,997 years

HD 191806 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,966.61 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.334 M♃
Density
8.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
18.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.392
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

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 191806 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,966.61317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0018.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,966.610 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,707.912 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 191806

HIP

HIP 99306

TIC

TIC 294684871

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2088526979830768512

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2088526979830768512

System

HD 191806

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,966.610 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,603.39 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1533
Distance 65.67 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.392 · percentile 84 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,603.389 days
Semi-major axis
2.7490 AU
Eccentricity
0.213
Inclination
66.52 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.39 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.7490 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.392

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

D Iacute Az et al. 2016

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2016-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 191806

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

6,010 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.402 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

0.546 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-15.36 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.30 km/s

Rotation period

20.60 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
65.67 parsec
Light-years 214.18 ly
V-band magnitude
8.09 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,776,997 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.68.78.72B8.09V7.93Gaia7.52TESS6.97J6.71H6.64K6.62W16.63W26.65W36.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.200 mas

Total Proper Motion

146.027 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

114.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

91.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.328 · y = -0.517 · z = 0.791

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 302.36876° · Dec 52.27673°

Galactic ℓ, b

87.046° · 10.301°

Ecliptic λ, β

334.033° · 68.633°

HTM-20 index

-2063579930

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