Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 33142 c

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 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 282.87 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.46 g
  • An orbital period of 810.200 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.9550 AU
  • Distance from Earth 395.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.298
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,981,200 years

2 siblings around HD 33142

HD 33142 c 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 Gas Giant 13.70 400.46 330.000 2011
HD 33142 c this Gas Giant 13.90 282.87 810.200 2018

HD 33142 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
282.87 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.890 M♃
Density
0.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.46 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.298
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I 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 33142 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00282.87317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.462.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 282.867 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 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 282.867 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 810.20 d · percentile 74 / cohort 1533
Distance 121.38 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.298 · percentile 58 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
810.200 days
Semi-major axis
1.9550 AU
Eccentricity
0.081
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.22 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.9550 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.298

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bryan et al. 2016

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2016-04

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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