Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 75784 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 75784, located approximately 278.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,792.56 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.94 g
  • An orbital period of 7,900.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 8.4000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 278.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.436
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,913,850 years

1 sibling around HD 75784

HD 75784 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 75784 b Gas Giant 13.80 317.83 341.200 2014
HD 75784 c this Gas Giant 12.80 1,792.56 7,900.000 2018

HD 75784 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,792.56 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.640 M♃
Density
4.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.436
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1063of 1771

top 60.0%

This planet

12.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 75784 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,792.56317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,792.561 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 75784

HIP

HIP 43569

TIC

TIC 46310554

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 608182831000585728

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 608182831000585728

System

HD 75784

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,792.561 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 7,900.00 d · percentile 95 / cohort 1533
Distance 85.43 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.436 · percentile 96 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7,900.000 days
Semi-major axis
8.4000 AU
Eccentricity
0.489
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 21.63 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 8.4000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.436

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ment et al. 2018

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2018-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 75784

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,867 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

3.400 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.260 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.25

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.460 dex

Systemic radial velocity

45.64 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
85.43 parsec
Light-years 278.64 ly
V-band magnitude
7.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,913,850 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.413.113.06B7.84V7.56Gaia9.24Kepler6.97TESS6.09J5.63H5.50K5.51W15.44W25.53W35.43W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.677 mas

Total Proper Motion

148.680 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-119.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

-88.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.665 · y = 0.711 · z = 0.229

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 133.09923° · Dec 13.23305°

Galactic ℓ, b

214.282° · 32.731°

Ecliptic λ, β

131.823° · -4.170°

HTM-20 index

2094508888

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