Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

HD 37605 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 37605, located approximately 152.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,013.88 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.91 g
  • An orbital period of 2,720.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.7400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 152.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.402
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,691,042 years

1 sibling around HD 37605

HD 37605 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 37605 b Gas Giant 13.20 854.96 55.013 2004
HD 37605 c this Gas Giant 13.10 1,013.88 2,720.000 2012

HD 37605 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,013.88 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.190 M♃
Density
2.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.402
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 37605 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,013.88317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,013.878 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 37605

HIP

HIP 26664

TIC

TIC 144730053

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3332911492327546368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3332911492327546368

System

HD 37605

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,013.878 M⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,720.00 d · percentile 88 / cohort 1533
Distance 46.79 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.402 · percentile 86 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,720.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.7400 AU
Eccentricity
0.030
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 7.45 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 3.7400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.402

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wang et al. 2012

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2012-12

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2012 at Multiple Observatories (2 shown).

Host System: HD 37605

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,329 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.65 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.910 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.511 dex

Stellar density

1.368 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-21.81 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
46.79 parsec
Light-years 152.60 ly
V-band magnitude
8.67 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,691,042 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.89.49.43B8.67V8.46Gaia7.96TESS7.27J6.92H6.82K6.83W16.82W26.84W36.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.345 mas

Total Proper Motion

252.760 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

52.47 mas/yr

PM Declination

-247.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.087 · y = 0.991 · z = 0.106

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 85.00743° · Dec 6.05951°

Galactic ℓ, b

199.106° · -12.896°

Ecliptic λ, β

84.796° · -17.290°

HTM-20 index

1116198880

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

4

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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