Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 4760 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 4760, located approximately 1,754.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,417.84 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 29.20 g
  • An orbital period of 434.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,754.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.339
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 30,937,168 years

HD 4760 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
4,417.84 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
13.900 M♃
Density
13.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
29.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.339
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1349of 1771

top 76.1%

This planet

12.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 4760 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,417.84317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5113.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0029.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 4,417.837 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 4760

HIP

HIP 3869

TIC

TIC 405337087

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2556428551067486720

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2556428551067486720

System

HD 4760

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.300 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,417.837 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 434.00 d · percentile 65 / cohort 1533
Distance 537.87 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.339 · percentile 68 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
434.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.1400 AU
Eccentricity
0.230
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.19 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.339

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Niedzielski et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 4760

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,076 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

42.400 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.050 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.91

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

1.620 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-67.26 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.40 km/s

Rotation period

1,531.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
537.87 parsec
Light-years 1,754.31 ly
V-band magnitude
7.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 30,937,168 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

3.88.98.89B7.51V6.99Gaia8.11Kepler6.19TESS4.92J4.19H3.99K3.93W13.84W23.92W33.88W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.832 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.338 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-21.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.971 · y = 0.214 · z = 0.112

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 12.41617° · Dec 6.40714°

Galactic ℓ, b

122.135° · -56.462°

Ecliptic λ, β

13.910° · 0.997°

HTM-20 index

2061334681

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