Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

HD 4313 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 4313, located approximately 444.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 612.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.41 g
  • An orbital period of 356.210 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1570 AU
  • Distance from Earth 444.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.363
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,840,110 years

HD 4313 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
612.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.927 M♃
Density
1.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.41 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.363
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

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 4313 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00612.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.412.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 612.458 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 4313

HIP

HIP 3574

TIC

TIC 405228516

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2557541493057378048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2557541493057378048

System

HD 4313

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 612.458 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 356.21 d · percentile 62 / cohort 1533
Distance 136.31 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.363 · percentile 74 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
356.210 days
Semi-major axis
1.1570 AU
Eccentricity
0.147
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 356.21 Earth days (97.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1570 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.363

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2010

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2010-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 4313

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,943 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

5.140 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.630 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.240 dex

Systemic radial velocity

14.67 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.91 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
136.31 parsec
Light-years 444.58 ly
V-band magnitude
7.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,840,110 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.58.78.74B7.83V7.57Gaia7.66Kepler7.00TESS6.16J5.77H5.60K5.54W15.47W25.57W35.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.309 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.094 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.971 · y = 0.196 · z = 0.136

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 11.41813° · Dec 7.84505°

Galactic ℓ, b

120.442° · -54.999°

Ecliptic λ, β

13.558° · 2.707°

HTM-20 index

-1726932441

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

1

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