Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HD 200964 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 200964, located approximately 236.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 385.85 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.06 g
  • An orbital period of 852.500 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.9600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 236.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.324
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,175,330 years

1 sibling around HD 200964

HD 200964 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 200964 b Gas Giant 13.50 508.21 606.300 2010
HD 200964 c this Gas Giant 13.70 385.85 852.500 2010

HD 200964 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.220 R♃
Mass
385.85 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.214 M♃
Density
0.83 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.324
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope 3.0 m C. Donald Shane Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 200964 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00385.85317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.831.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 385.846 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 200964

HIP

HIP 104202

TIC

TIC 408316773

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1732018855730384256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1732018855730384256

System

HD 200964

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 385.846 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 852.50 d · percentile 75 / cohort 1533
Distance 72.59 pc · percentile 29 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.324 · percentile 64 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
852.500 days
Semi-major axis
1.9600 AU
Eccentricity
0.243
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.33 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.9600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.324

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2010

Instrument

Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2011-01

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2010 at Lick Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 200964

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,982 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.920 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.390 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.220 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-71.68 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.28 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
72.59 parsec
Light-years 236.76 ly
V-band magnitude
6.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,175,330 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.87.47.38B6.49V6.24Gaia5.68TESS4.80J4.46H4.29K4.30W13.84W24.31W34.23W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.747 mas

Total Proper Motion

107.292 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

94.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

50.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.726 · y = -0.685 · z = 0.066

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 316.66642° · Dec 3.80334°

Galactic ℓ, b

53.565° · -27.636°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.329° · 19.465°

HTM-20 index

1644256300

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