Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

HD 219134 h

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 219134, located approximately 21.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 108.06 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.67 g
  • An orbital period of 2,247.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.1100 AU
  • Distance from Earth 21.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.261
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 375,663 years

3 siblings around HD 219134

HD 219134 h shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 219134 b Super-Earth 1.60 4.74 3.093 1,015 2015
HD 219134 c Super-Earth 1.51 4.36 6.765 782 2015
HD 219134 d Super-Earth 1.61 16.17 46.859 411 2015
HD 219134 h this Gas Giant 12.70 108.06 2,247.000 2015

HD 219134 h Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
108.06 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.340 M♃
Density
0.29 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.261
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Telescope 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1130of 1771

top 63.7%

This planet

12.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 219134 h Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00108.06317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.291.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 108.062 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 219134

HIP

HIP 114622

TIC

TIC 283722336

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2009481748875806976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2009481748875806976

System

HD 219134

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.700 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1771
Mass 108.062 M⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,247.00 d · percentile 86 / cohort 1533
Distance 6.53 pc · percentile 0 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.261 · percentile 48 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,247.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.1100 AU
Eccentricity
0.060
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.15 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 3.1100 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

6.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,761.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

215.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

476.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.261

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Motalebi et al. 2015

Instrument

HARPS-N Spectrograph

Publication

2015-12

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2015 at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 219134

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,913 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.46 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.794 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

2.438 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-18.42 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
6.53 parsec
Light-years 21.30 ly
V-band magnitude
5.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 375,663 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

3.36.66.59B5.57V5.24Gaia4.63TESS3.98J3.47H3.26K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

153.081 mas

Total Proper Motion

2,095.381 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2,074.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

294.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.531 · y = -0.110 · z = 0.840

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 348.33720° · Dec 57.16963°

Galactic ℓ, b

109.907° · -3.201°

Ecliptic λ, β

23.752° · 54.542°

HTM-20 index

331589954

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

4

Stellar spectra

5

Archive notes

3

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