Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2006

HD 33283 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 33283, located approximately 293.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 104.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.67 g
  • An orbital period of 18.199 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1508 AU
  • Distance from Earth 293.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.263
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,168,664 years

HD 33283 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
104.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.329 M♃
Density
0.29 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.263
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2006
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 33283 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00104.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.291.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 104.566 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 33283

HIP

HIP 23889

TIC

TIC 13147218

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2955981936912654592

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2955981936912654592

System

HD 33283

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 104.566 M⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 18.20 d · percentile 47 / cohort 1533
Distance 89.86 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.263 · percentile 48 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.199 days
Semi-major axis
0.1508 AU
Eccentricity
0.399
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.20 Earth days (5.0% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1508 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.263

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2006

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2006-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 33283

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,935 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.63 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.970 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.380 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.35

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.120 dex

Stellar density

0.215 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

5.01 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
89.86 parsec
Light-years 293.09 ly
V-band magnitude
8.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,168,664 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.68.78.68B8.05V7.90Gaia7.49TESS6.98J6.73H6.65K6.64W16.61W26.63W36.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.099 mas

Total Proper Motion

72.649 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

56.18 mas/yr

PM Declination

-46.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.201 · y = 0.870 · z = -0.451

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 77.00449° · Dec -26.79767°

Galactic ℓ, b

228.497° · -33.505°

Ecliptic λ, β

72.020° · -49.429°

HTM-20 index

-497127533

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

2

Archive notes

2

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