Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

HD 4732 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 4732, located approximately 178.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,069.49 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.23 g
  • An orbital period of 3,184.200 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.7250 AU
  • Distance from Earth 178.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.405
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,151,050 years

1 sibling around HD 4732

HD 4732 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 4732 b Gas Giant 13.40 631.21 371.740 2012
HD 4732 c this Gas Giant 13.10 1,069.49 3,184.200 2012

HD 4732 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,069.49 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.365 M♃
Density
2.61 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.405
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 4732 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,069.49317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.611.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,069.493 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 4732

HIP

HIP 3834

TIC

TIC 63905972

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2345744256120965504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2345744256120965504

System

HD 4732

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,069.493 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,184.20 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1533
Distance 54.78 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.405 · percentile 87 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,184.200 days
Semi-major axis
4.7250 AU
Eccentricity
0.187
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 8.72 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 4.7250 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.405

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sato et al. 2013

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2013-01

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

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

Host System: HD 4732

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,898 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

5.030 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.390 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.170 dex

Systemic radial velocity

25.00 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.45 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
54.78 parsec
Light-years 178.68 ly
V-band magnitude
5.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,151,050 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

3.36.96.85B5.90V5.65Gaia5.08TESS4.34J3.72H3.69K3.63W13.27W23.69W33.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.225 mas

Total Proper Motion

98.730 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

80.97 mas/yr

PM Declination

-56.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.892 · y = 0.195 · z = -0.409

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 12.30851° · Dec -24.13691°

Galactic ℓ, b

113.383° · -86.968°

Ecliptic λ, β

1.013° · -26.908°

HTM-20 index

246905729

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Archive notes

2

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