Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

HD 196067 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 196067, located approximately 130.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,623.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 23.56 g
  • An orbital period of 3,413.700 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.7100 AU
  • Distance from Earth 130.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.366
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,296,943 years

1 sibling around HD 196067

HD 196067 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 196067 c Sub-Neptune 3.21 10.40 4.601 2025
HD 196067 b this Gas Giant 12.40 3,623.24 3,413.700 2012

HD 196067 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
3,623.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
11.400 M♃
Density
10.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
23.56 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.366
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 1.2 m Leonhard Euler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1298of 1771

top 73.2%

This planet

12.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 196067 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,623.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5110.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0023.562.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,623.244 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,773.483 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 196067

HIP

HIP 102125

TIC

TIC 327303574

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6369544118965772416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6369544118965772416

System

HD 196067

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.400 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,623.244 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,413.70 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1533
Distance 39.93 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.366 · percentile 75 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,413.700 days
Semi-major axis
4.7100 AU
Eccentricity
0.563
Inclination
29.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 9.35 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 4.7100 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.366

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

Marmier et al. 2013

Instrument

CORALIE Spectrograph

Publication

2013-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 196067

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,072 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.710 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.160 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.090 dex

Stellar density

0.313 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-10.95 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.45 km/s

Rotation period

22.50 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.033

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
39.93 parsec
Light-years 130.25 ly
V-band magnitude
6.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,296,943 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.77.17.06B6.51V6.33Gaia5.93TESS5.42J5.21H5.08K4.66W14.87W24.98W34.84W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

25.012 mas

Total Proper Motion

225.371 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

156.60 mas/yr

PM Declination

-162.08 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.164 · y = -0.192 · z = -0.967

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 310.43642° · Dec -75.35150°

Galactic ℓ, b

318.443° · -33.049°

Ecliptic λ, β

286.282° · -54.203°

HTM-20 index

522645378

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