Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

HD 215497 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 215497, located approximately 132.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 111.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.66 g
  • An orbital period of 566.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.3100 AU
  • Distance from Earth 132.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.256
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,332,155 years

1 sibling around HD 215497

HD 215497 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 215497 b Unclassified 1,588.82 3.934 2009
HD 215497 c this Gas Giant 13.00 111.24 566.000 2009

HD 215497 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.160 R♃
Mass
111.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.350 M♃
Density
0.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.256
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#960of 1771

top 54.2%

This planet

13.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 215497 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00111.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 111.240 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 104.300 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 215497

HIP

HIP 112441

TIC

TIC 469943599

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6504232472302122624

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6504232472302122624

System

HD 215497

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.000 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1771
Mass 111.240 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 566.00 d · percentile 69 / cohort 1533
Distance 40.55 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.256 · percentile 46 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
566.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.3100 AU
Eccentricity
0.470
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.55 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.3100 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.256

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lo Curto et al. 2010

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2010-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 215497

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,113 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.920 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.310 dex

Stellar density

1.978 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

49.31 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.67 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.070

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
40.55 parsec
Light-years 132.25 ly
V-band magnitude
8.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,332,155 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.79.99.92B8.96V8.69Gaia8.11TESS7.34J6.92H6.78K6.73W16.79W26.79W36.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.634 mas

Total Proper Motion

81.928 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-54.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

-61.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.523 · y = -0.173 · z = -0.835

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 341.65271° · Dec -56.59980°

Galactic ℓ, b

331.295° · -53.102°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.773° · -44.189°

HTM-20 index

1493825013

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