Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2006

HD 24040 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 24040, located approximately 152.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,589.14 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.55 g
  • An orbital period of 3,668.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.9200 AU
  • Distance from Earth 152.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.429
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,681,609 years

Context from the literature

HD 24040 b is a long-period exoplanet taking approximately 3500 days to orbit at 4.6 astronomical units in an almost circular orbit. It has a minimum mass 4 times that of Jupiter.

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1 sibling around HD 24040

HD 24040 b 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 24040 c Neptune-like 9.35 63.88 515.400 2021
HD 24040 b this Gas Giant 12.90 1,589.14 3,668.000 2006

HD 24040 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,589.14 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.000 M♃
Density
4.07 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.55 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.429
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2006
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1011of 1771

top 57.0%

This planet

12.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 24040 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,589.14317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.071.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.552.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,589.142 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,226.824 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 24040

HIP

HIP 17960

TIC

TIC 456863621

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 43802039287826432

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 43802039287826432

System

HD 24040

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,589.142 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,668.00 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1533
Distance 46.62 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.429 · percentile 94 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,668.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.9200 AU
Eccentricity
0.040
Inclination
89.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 10.04 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 4.9200 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

47.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,932.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

67.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

106.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.429

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

Wright et al. 2007

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2007-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 24040

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,802 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.300 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.110 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.554 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.90 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.39 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.090

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
46.62 parsec
Light-years 152.06 ly
V-band magnitude
7.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,681,609 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.98.38.17B7.52V7.33Gaia8.33Kepler6.91TESS6.28J6.04H5.97K6.01W15.92W25.99W35.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.420 mas

Total Proper Motion

275.382 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

113.22 mas/yr

PM Declination

-251.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.511 · y = 0.805 · z = 0.300

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 57.59621° · Dec 17.47529°

Galactic ℓ, b

172.293° · -27.781°

Ecliptic λ, β

59.221° · -2.569°

HTM-20 index

1225849445

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