Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2000

HD 38529 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 38529, located approximately 138.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,299.06 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 21.11 g
  • An orbital period of 2,127.606 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.2260 AU
  • Distance from Earth 138.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.379
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,436,089 years

1 sibling around HD 38529

HD 38529 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 38529 b Gas Giant 14.10 206.59 14.310 2000
HD 38529 c this Gas Giant 12.50 3,299.06 2,127.606 2000

HD 38529 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
3,299.06 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
10.380 M♃
Density
9.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
21.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.379
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2000
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

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 38529 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,299.06317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.519.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0021.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,299.059 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 4,198.513 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 38529

HIP

HIP 27253

TIC

TIC 200093173

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3219847066672970368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3219847066672970368

System

HD 38529

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,299.059 M⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,127.61 d · percentile 85 / cohort 1533
Distance 42.35 pc · percentile 15 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.379 · percentile 79 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,127.606 days
Semi-major axis
3.2260 AU
Eccentricity
0.357
Inclination
104.56 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 5.83 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 3.2260 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

171.084 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,612.6000

Long. of periastron (ω)

21.04°

Angular separation (arcsec)

76.20000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.379

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fischer et al. 2001

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2001-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 38529

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,697 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.858 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.51

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.709 dex

Stellar density

0.061 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

30.27 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.20 km/s

Rotation period

37.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.960

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
42.35 parsec
Light-years 138.14 ly
V-band magnitude
5.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,436,089 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.16.76.70B5.93V5.75Gaia5.27TESS4.91J4.38H4.21K4.22W14.09W24.22W34.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

23.582 mas

Total Proper Motion

161.842 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-77.67 mas/yr

PM Declination

-141.99 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.059 · y = 0.998 · z = 0.020

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 86.64514° · Dec 1.16759°

Galactic ℓ, b

204.318° · -13.838°

Ecliptic λ, β

86.372° · -22.230°

HTM-20 index

-1289137797

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

11

Stellar spectra

2

Archive notes

2

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