Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HD 33142 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 33142, located approximately 395.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 400.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.13 g
  • An orbital period of 330.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.0740 AU
  • Distance from Earth 395.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.327
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,981,200 years

2 siblings around HD 33142

HD 33142 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 33142 d Neptune-like 9.32 63.57 89.900 2022
HD 33142 b this Gas Giant 13.70 400.46 330.000 2011
HD 33142 c Gas Giant 13.90 282.87 810.200 2018

HD 33142 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.220 R♃
Mass
400.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.260 M♃
Density
0.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.327
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 33142 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00400.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 400.464 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 33142

HIP

HIP 23844

TIC

TIC 169397663

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2986948238799721216

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2986948238799721216

System

HD 33142

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 400.464 M⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 330.00 d · percentile 62 / cohort 1533
Distance 121.38 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.327 · percentile 65 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
330.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.0740 AU
Eccentricity
0.049
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 330.00 Earth days (90.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.0740 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.327

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2011

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 33142

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,025 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.72 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.170 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.520 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.375 dex

Systemic radial velocity

33.78 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
121.38 parsec
Light-years 395.87 ly
V-band magnitude
7.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,981,200 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.78.98.86B7.96V7.71Gaia7.15TESS6.35J5.90H5.79K5.78W15.72W25.76W35.72W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.210 mas

Total Proper Motion

34.476 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

33.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.220 · y = 0.945 · z = -0.242

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 76.89806° · Dec -13.98634°

Galactic ℓ, b

214.337° · -29.226°

Ecliptic λ, β

74.072° · -36.704°

HTM-20 index

-545872135

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