Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 214823 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 214823, located approximately 330.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5,914.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 40.40 g
  • An orbital period of 1,854.844 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.0800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 330.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.300
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,830,445 years

HD 214823 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
5,914.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
18.610 M♃
Density
18.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
40.40 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.300
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1454of 1771

top 82.0%

This planet

12.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 214823 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005,914.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5118.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0040.402.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5,914.787 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 6,229.437 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 214823

HIP

HIP 111928

TIC

TIC 115779095

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1889143121789650176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1889143121789650176

System

HD 214823

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 5,914.787 M⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,854.84 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1533
Distance 101.37 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.300 · percentile 58 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,854.844 days
Semi-major axis
3.0800 AU
Eccentricity
0.161
Inclination
99.51 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 5.08 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 3.0800 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.300

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

D Iacute Az et al. 2016

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2016-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 214823

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,215 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.040 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.115 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.050 dex

Stellar density

0.159 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-44.50 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.70 km/s

Rotation period

17.50 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
101.37 parsec
Light-years 330.62 ly
V-band magnitude
8.06 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,830,445 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.58.68.63B8.06V7.92Gaia7.51TESS6.95J6.70H6.64K6.48W16.50W26.61W36.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.837 mas

Total Proper Motion

83.203 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

81.22 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.799 · y = -0.290 · z = 0.527

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 340.08321° · Dec 31.78752°

Galactic ℓ, b

92.860° · -23.319°

Ecliptic λ, β

355.979° · 36.761°

HTM-20 index

-1179258573

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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