Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 219828 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 219828, located approximately 238.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5,102.42 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 34.28 g
  • An orbital period of 4,789.873 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.6570 AU
  • Distance from Earth 238.47 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.320
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,205,342 years

1 sibling around HD 219828

HD 219828 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 219828 b Neptune-like 4.59 19.07 3.835 2007
HD 219828 c this Gas Giant 12.20 5,102.42 4,789.873 2016

HD 219828 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.090 R♃
Mass
5,102.42 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
16.054 M♃
Density
15.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
34.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.320
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Facilities
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1410of 1771

top 79.6%

This planet

12.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 219828 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005,102.42317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5115.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0034.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5,102.417 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 4,799.233 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 219828

HIP

HIP 115100

TIC

TIC 243085377

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2824958015312906240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2824958015312906240

System

HD 219828

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.200 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1771
Mass 5,102.417 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4,789.87 d · percentile 92 / cohort 1533
Distance 73.11 pc · percentile 29 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.320 · percentile 63 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4,789.873 days
Semi-major axis
5.6570 AU
Eccentricity
0.811
Inclination
122.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 13.11 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 5.6570 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.320

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Santos et al. 2016

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2016-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 219828

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,891 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.69 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.560 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.170 dex

Stellar density

0.326 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-24.03 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.90 km/s

Rotation period

31.70 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
73.11 parsec
Light-years 238.47 ly
V-band magnitude
8.04 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,205,342 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.48.78.66B8.04V7.88Gaia7.46TESS6.87J6.61H6.53K6.46W16.48W26.54W36.45W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.649 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.887 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.932 · y = -0.170 · z = 0.320

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 349.69470° · Dec 18.64575°

Galactic ℓ, b

94.266° · -39.013°

Ecliptic λ, β

358.255° · 21.147°

HTM-20 index

1058153528

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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