Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

HD 284149 AB b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 284149 A, located approximately 384.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8,352.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 58.00 g
  • Semi-major axis 431.1600 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,395 K (2122 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 384.23 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.043
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,775,977 years
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Circumbinary planet

HD 284149 AB b orbits a binary-star pair rather than a single host — a minority architecture in the confirmed catalogue.

HD 284149 AB b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.070 R♃
Mass
8,352.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
26.280 M♃
Density
26.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
58.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.043
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Imaging
Facility Paranal Observatory
Telescope 8.2 m ESO VLT UT3 Melipal Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1494of 1771

top 84.3%

This planet

12.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 284149 AB b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008,352.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5126.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0058.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8,352.531 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 284149 A

HIP

HIP 19176

TIC

TIC 15817487

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 51914888911355776

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 51914888911355776

System

HD 284149

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.000 R⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1771
Mass 8,352.531 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Distance 117.81 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.043 · percentile 2 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
431.1600 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

2,395K

(2122 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.043

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Direct imaging

The planet has been imaged directly (rare).

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bonavita et al. 2017

Instrument

SPHERE

Publication

2017-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 284149 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,035 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.03 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.360 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.130 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.307 dex

Stellar density

0.842 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

27.00 km/s

Rotation period

1.05 days

Distance
117.81 parsec
Light-years 384.23 ly
V-band magnitude
9.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,775,977 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.010.210.21B9.57V9.42Gaia9.02TESS8.48J8.21H8.10K8.07W18.07W28.04W38.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.460 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.047 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.445 · y = 0.825 · z = 0.347

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 61.66169° · Dec 20.30303°

Galactic ℓ, b

173.011° · -23.052°

Ecliptic λ, β

63.560° · -0.573°

HTM-20 index

-450144898

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