Artist impression of HD 240210 b exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

HD 240210 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 240210, located approximately 1,214.6 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,655.82 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.11 g
  • An orbital period of 501.750 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,214.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.433
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,419,845 years

Context from the literature

HD 240210 b is a 6.9 Jupiter-mass exoplanet discovered on June 10, 2009 by Niedzielski Etal. using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. It orbits the K3 giant star HD 240210 in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Its average orbital separation is at 1.33 Astronomical Units away from its star with a year of 501.75 days.

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HD 240210 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,655.82 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.210 M♃
Density
4.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.433
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Radial Velocity
Facility McDonald Observatory
Telescope 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1063of 1771

top 60.0%

This planet

12.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 240210 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,655.82317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,655.820 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 240210

TIC

TIC 315415155

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2009148596857820160

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2009148596857820160

System

HD 240210

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,655.820 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 501.75 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1533
Distance 372.41 pc · percentile 67 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.433 · percentile 95 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
501.750 days
Semi-major axis
1.1600 AU
Eccentricity
0.150
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.37 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.433

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Niedzielski et al. 2009

Instrument

High Resolution Spectrograph

Publication

2009-12

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2009 at McDonald Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 240210

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,297 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.08 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

25.457 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.310 dex

Systemic radial velocity

8.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
372.41 parsec
Light-years 1,214.62 ly
V-band magnitude
8.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 21,419,845 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

4.015.115.13U9.89B8.27V7.64Gaia6.73TESS12.44Sloan g12.14Sloan r11.39Sloan i11.00Sloan z5.31J4.59H4.39K4.26W14.01W24.30W34.19W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.657 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.732 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

18.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.532 · y = -0.117 · z = 0.839

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 347.62192° · Dec 57.02948°

Galactic ℓ, b

109.494° · -3.185°

Ecliptic λ, β

23.092° · 54.699°

HTM-20 index

505551149

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