Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 331093 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 331093, located approximately 163.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 476.74 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.58 g
  • An orbital period of 621.620 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.4400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 163.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.341
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,886,970 years

HD 331093 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
476.74 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.500 M♃
Density
1.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.341
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#609of 1771

top 34.3%

This planet

13.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 331093 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00476.74317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 476.743 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 331093

TIC

TIC 71528173

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2033246455795280896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2033246455795280896

System

HD 331093

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 476.743 M⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 621.62 d · percentile 71 / cohort 1533
Distance 50.19 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.341 · percentile 68 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
621.620 days
Semi-major axis
1.4400 AU
Eccentricity
0.590
Inclination
0.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.70 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.4400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.341

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Dalal et al. 2021

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 331093

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,544 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.111 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

0.986 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-51.29 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
50.19 parsec
Light-years 163.71 ly
V-band magnitude
8.38 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,886,970 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.69.19.14B8.38V8.19Gaia7.72TESS7.04J6.71H6.65K6.61W16.64W26.68W36.68W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.894 mas

Total Proper Motion

198.554 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-16.09 mas/yr

PM Declination

-197.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.368 · y = -0.767 · z = 0.526

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.62001° · Dec 31.73955°

Galactic ℓ, b

66.664° · 4.169°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.643° · 51.969°

HTM-20 index

-1042493869

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