Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 1999

HD 75289 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 75289, located approximately 95.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 155.74 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.77 g
  • An orbital period of 3.509 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0500 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,260 K (987 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 94.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.090
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,674,671 years

HD 75289 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.270 R♃
Mass
155.74 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.490 M♃
Density
0.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.090
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 1999
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 1.2 m Leonhard Euler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#334of 1771

top 18.8%

This planet

14.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 75289 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00155.74317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 155.737 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 75289

HIP

HIP 43177

TIC

TIC 181741837

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5524982093479504384

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5524982093479504384

System

HD 75289

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.200 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1771
Mass 155.737 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.51 d · percentile 23 / cohort 1533
Distance 29.12 pc · percentile 7 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.090 · percentile 23 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.509 days
Semi-major axis
0.0500 AU
Eccentricity
0.030
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.51 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0500 AU.

Eq. Temperature

1,260K

(987 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.090

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Udry et al. 2000

Instrument

CORALIE Spectrograph

Publication

2000-04

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 1999 at La Silla Observatory (4 shown).

Host System: HD 75289

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,117 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.230 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.290 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

0.713 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

8.90 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.37 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.000

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
29.12 parsec
Light-years 94.96 ly
V-band magnitude
6.35 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,674,671 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.86.96.92B6.35V6.21Gaia5.83TESS5.35J5.19H5.01K4.92W14.77W25.05W35.05W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

34.317 mas

Total Proper Motion

228.866 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-20.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-227.95 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.499 · y = 0.555 · z = -0.666

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 131.91817° · Dec -41.73777°

Galactic ℓ, b

262.210° · 1.089°

Ecliptic λ, β

153.859° · -56.269°

HTM-20 index

-1095569240

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

3

Archive notes

4

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