Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

HD 2952 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 2952, located approximately 359.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 284.77 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.47 g
  • An orbital period of 312.080 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1170 AU
  • Distance from Earth 359.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.299
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,332,861 years

HD 2952 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
284.77 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.896 M♃
Density
0.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.47 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.299
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Telescope 1.88 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#456of 1771

top 25.7%

This planet

13.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 2952 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00284.77317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.472.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 284.774 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 2952

HIP

HIP 2611

TIC

TIC 452910671

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 418206501834841600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 418206501834841600

System

HD 2952

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 284.774 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 312.08 d · percentile 61 / cohort 1533
Distance 110.10 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.299 · percentile 58 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
312.080 days
Semi-major axis
1.1170 AU
Eccentricity
0.269
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 312.08 Earth days (85.4% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1170 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.299

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sato et al. 2013

Instrument

HIDES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2013-08

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2013 at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (2 shown).

Host System: HD 2952

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,853 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

10.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.650 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-34.86 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.92 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
110.10 parsec
Light-years 359.11 ly
V-band magnitude
5.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,332,861 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.37.06.96B5.93V5.65Gaia5.04TESS4.26J3.78H3.63K3.52W13.30W23.50W33.46W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.054 mas

Total Proper Motion

80.331 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

70.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-38.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.569 · y = 0.083 · z = 0.818

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 8.29384° · Dec 54.89482°

Galactic ℓ, b

120.283° · -7.883°

Ecliptic λ, β

35.203° · 45.856°

HTM-20 index

-2067336698

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