Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 213472 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 213472, located approximately 210.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,112.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.48 g
  • An orbital period of 17,000.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 13.0000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 210.22 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.407
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,707,165 years

HD 213472 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,112.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.500 M♃
Density
2.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.407
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 213472 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,112.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,112.399 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 213472

HIP

HIP 111136

TIC

TIC 120601788

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1909401760972212224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1909401760972212224

System

HD 213472

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,112.399 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 17,000.00 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1533
Distance 64.45 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.407 · percentile 88 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17,000.000 days
Semi-major axis
13.0000 AU
Eccentricity
0.530
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 46.54 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 13.0000 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

31.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,580.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

37.24°

Angular separation (arcsec)

202.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.407

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rosenthal et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 213472

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,730 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.434 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.048 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.145 dex

Stellar density

0.556 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
64.45 parsec
Light-years 210.22 ly
V-band magnitude
8.17 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,707,165 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.58.78.66B8.17V8.01Gaia7.57TESS6.94J6.66H6.61K6.55W16.54W26.60W36.55W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.486 mas

Total Proper Motion

219.733 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-216.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

40.07 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.701 · y = -0.287 · z = 0.652

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 337.70700° · Dec 40.72223°

Galactic ℓ, b

96.114° · -14.715°

Ecliptic λ, β

359.648° · 45.473°

HTM-20 index

-1619770370

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