Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 1998

HD 210277 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 210277, located approximately 69.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 410.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.22 g
  • An orbital period of 442.190 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 69.47 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.331
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,225,039 years

HD 210277 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.220 R♃
Mass
410.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.290 M♃
Density
0.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.331
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 1998
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#609of 1771

top 34.3%

This planet

13.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 210277 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00410.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 410.001 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 210277

HIP

HIP 109378

TIC

TIC 50227884

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2619706544757416192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2619706544757416192

System

HD 210277

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 410.001 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 442.19 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1533
Distance 21.30 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.331 · percentile 65 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
442.190 days
Semi-major axis
1.1300 AU
Eccentricity
0.480
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.21 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.1300 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

38.900 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,177.6900

Long. of periastron (ω)

-55.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

53.10000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.331

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Marcy et al. 1999

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

1999-07

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 1998 at W. M. Keck Observatory (2 shown).

Host System: HD 210277

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,538 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.070 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

0.995 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-21.10 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.80 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.060

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
21.30 parsec
Light-years 69.47 ly
V-band magnitude
6.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,225,039 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

4.57.37.30B6.54V6.35Gaia5.87TESS5.77Ic5.28J4.96H4.80K4.78W14.50W24.84W34.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

46.923 mas

Total Proper Motion

458.578 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

85.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

-450.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.878 · y = -0.460 · z = -0.131

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 332.37481° · Dec -7.55060°

Galactic ℓ, b

52.348° · -46.966°

Ecliptic λ, β

331.642° · 3.571°

HTM-20 index

-1182790963

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

5

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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