Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 30177 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 30177, located approximately 181.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,954.64 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.12 g
  • An orbital period of 12,085.452 days
  • Semi-major axis 10.2580 AU
  • Distance from Earth 181.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.441
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,197,214 years

Context from the literature

HD 30177 is a single star with a pair of orbiting exoplanets in the southern constellation Dorado. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 181 light years from the Sun. It has an absolute magnitude of 4.72, but at that distance the star is too faint to be viewed by the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 8.41. The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 62.7 km/s.

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1 sibling around HD 30177

HD 30177 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 30177 b Gas Giant 12.60 2,670.71 2,514.534 2002
HD 30177 c this Gas Giant 12.70 1,954.64 12,085.452 2016

HD 30177 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,954.64 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.150 M♃
Density
5.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.441
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1130of 1771

top 63.7%

This planet

12.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 30177 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,954.64317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,954.645 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2,415.508 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 30177

HIP

HIP 21850

TIC

TIC 220408612

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4774301387290235136

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4774301387290235136

System

HD 30177

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.700 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,954.645 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 12,085.45 d · percentile 96 / cohort 1533
Distance 55.59 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.441 · percentile 98 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12,085.452 days
Semi-major axis
10.2580 AU
Eccentricity
0.039
Inclination
98.02 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 33.09 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 10.2580 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.441

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wittenmyer et al. 2017

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2017-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 30177

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,580 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.52 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.019 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.37

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.417 dex

Stellar density

0.815 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

62.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.96 km/s

Rotation period

45.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
55.59 parsec
Light-years 181.30 ly
V-band magnitude
8.41 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,197,214 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.79.29.18B8.41V8.22Gaia7.74TESS7.15J6.83H6.72K6.66W16.69W26.72W36.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

17.961 mas

Total Proper Motion

67.282 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

66.21 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.99 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.177 · y = 0.499 · z = -0.848

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 70.47710° · Dec -58.02081°

Galactic ℓ, b

267.370° · -39.734°

Ecliptic λ, β

34.259° · -77.634°

HTM-20 index

2041062208

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Archive notes

2

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