Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

HD 34445 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 34445, located approximately 150.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 260.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.35 g
  • An orbital period of 1,049.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.0700 AU
  • Distance from Earth 150.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.293
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,651,027 years

5 siblings around HD 34445

HD 34445 b shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 34445 e Neptune-like 4.26 16.80 49.175 2017
HD 34445 d Neptune-like 6.07 30.70 117.870 2017
HD 34445 c Neptune-like 8.42 53.50 214.670 2017
HD 34445 f Neptune-like 6.88 37.90 676.800 2017
HD 34445 b this Gas Giant 13.90 260.62 1,049.000 2009
HD 34445 g Gas Giant 13.60 120.60 5,700.000 2017

HD 34445 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
260.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.820 M♃
Density
0.53 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.35 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.293
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
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 34445 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00260.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.531.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.352.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 260.621 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 34445

HIP

HIP 24681

TIC

TIC 284907742

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3241295308714904960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3241295308714904960

System

HD 34445

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 260.621 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,049.00 d · percentile 78 / cohort 1533
Distance 46.09 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.293 · percentile 56 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,049.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.0700 AU
Eccentricity
0.270
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.87 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.0700 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

15.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,809.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

104.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

44.90000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.293

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Howard et al. 2010

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2010-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 34445

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,879 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.380 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.140 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.210 dex

Stellar density

0.467 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-79.04 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.70 km/s

Rotation period

22.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.040

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
46.09 parsec
Light-years 150.33 ly
V-band magnitude
7.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,651,027 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.78.07.97B7.31V7.15Gaia6.72TESS6.12J5.85H5.79K5.79W15.71W25.82W35.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.668 mas

Total Proper Motion

146.999 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

-147.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.182 · y = 0.975 · z = 0.128

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 79.42075° · Dec 7.35272°

Galactic ℓ, b

195.039° · -17.022°

Ecliptic λ, β

79.094° · -15.687°

HTM-20 index

2057180744

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