Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2007

HD 210702 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 210702, located approximately 176.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 481.51 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.60 g
  • An orbital period of 355.500 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.0790 AU
  • Distance from Earth 176.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.341
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,117,242 years

HD 210702 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
481.51 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.515 M♃
Density
1.05 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.60 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.341
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2007
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope 3.0 m C. Donald Shane 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 210702 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00481.51317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.051.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.602.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 481.510 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 210702

HIP

HIP 109577

TIC

TIC 456826468

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1775004778213735168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1775004778213735168

System

HD 210702

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 481.510 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 355.50 d · percentile 62 / cohort 1533
Distance 54.20 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.341 · percentile 68 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
355.500 days
Semi-major axis
1.0790 AU
Eccentricity
0.071
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 355.50 Earth days (97.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.0790 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.341

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2007

Instrument

Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2007-08

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2007 at Lick Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 210702

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,912 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.540 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.330 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.230 dex

Systemic radial velocity

16.39 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.99 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
54.20 parsec
Light-years 176.76 ly
V-band magnitude
5.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,117,242 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.46.96.90B5.93V5.68Gaia5.12TESS4.51J4.00H3.98K3.71W13.40W23.70W33.61W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.423 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.459 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

-17.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.856 · y = -0.437 · z = 0.276

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 332.96386° · Dec 16.04048°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.293° · -32.021°

Ecliptic λ, β

341.228° · 25.295°

HTM-20 index

1506696581

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