Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2005

HD 37124 d

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 37124, located approximately 103.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 221.21 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 1,862.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.8070 AU
  • Distance from Earth 103.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.279
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,821,203 years

2 siblings around HD 37124

HD 37124 d 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 37124 b Gas Giant 14.00 214.54 154.378 2002
HD 37124 c Gas Giant 14.10 207.23 885.500 2002
HD 37124 d this Gas Giant 14.00 221.21 1,862.000 2005

HD 37124 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
221.21 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.696 M♃
Density
0.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.279
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2005
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 37124 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00221.21317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 221.210 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 37124

HIP

HIP 26381

TIC

TIC 19631691

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3402798414192387328

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3402798414192387328

System

HD 37124

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 221.210 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,862.00 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1533
Distance 31.66 pc · percentile 8 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.279 · percentile 52 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,862.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.8070 AU
Eccentricity
0.160
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 5.10 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.8070 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

12.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,455.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

88.70000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.279

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Vogt et al. 2005

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2005-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 37124

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,699 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.949 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.850 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.44

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.391 dex

Stellar density

1.713 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-22.98 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.900

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
31.66 parsec
Light-years 103.27 ly
V-band magnitude
7.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,821,203 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.98.38.34B7.68V7.47Gaia7.02TESS6.36J6.02H5.95K5.98W15.90W25.99W35.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

31.554 mas

Total Proper Motion

427.636 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-79.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

-420.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.094 · y = 0.931 · z = 0.354

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 84.25999° · Dec 20.72898°

Galactic ℓ, b

185.964° · -5.975°

Ecliptic λ, β

84.623° · -2.603°

HTM-20 index

1372615396

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

3

Stellar spectra

2

Archive notes

1

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