Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 211810 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 211810, located approximately 210.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 212.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 1,558.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.6560 AU
  • Distance from Earth 210.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.277
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,717,668 years

HD 211810 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
212.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.670 M♃
Density
0.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.277
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 211810 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00212.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 212.946 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 211810

HIP

HIP 110094

TIC

TIC 336634601

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2201556328489610752

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2201556328489610752

System

HD 211810

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 212.946 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,558.00 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1533
Distance 64.64 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.277 · percentile 51 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,558.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.6560 AU
Eccentricity
0.680
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.27 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.6560 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.277

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ment et al. 2018

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2018-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 211810

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,652 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.130 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.263 dex

Stellar density

0.771 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-36.58 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
64.64 parsec
Light-years 210.81 ly
V-band magnitude
8.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,717,668 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.99.39.31B8.59V8.42Gaia7.96TESS7.34J7.02H6.97K6.89W16.96W26.98W37.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.443 mas

Total Proper Motion

205.291 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

159.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

128.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.436 · y = -0.208 · z = 0.876

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 334.52867° · Dec 61.13499°

Galactic ℓ, b

105.475° · 3.572°

Ecliptic λ, β

19.909° · 62.384°

HTM-20 index

432483814

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