Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HD 82886 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 82886, located approximately 414.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 740.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.19 g
  • An orbital period of 705.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.5800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 414.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.378
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,308,245 years

HD 82886 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.190 R♃
Mass
740.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.330 M♃
Density
1.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.378
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 82886 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00740.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 740.544 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 82886

HIP

HIP 47087

TIC

TIC 8915600

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 797597520179672064

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 797597524475897600

System

HD 82886

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 740.544 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 705.00 d · percentile 73 / cohort 1533
Distance 127.06 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.378 · percentile 79 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
705.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.5800 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.93 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.5800 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.378

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2011

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 82886

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,953 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

5.260 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.530 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.31

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.400 dex

Systemic radial velocity

12.73 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.43 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
127.06 parsec
Light-years 414.42 ly
V-band magnitude
7.62 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,308,245 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.38.58.49B7.62V7.38Gaia6.83TESS6.00J5.56H5.45K5.52W15.33W25.47W35.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.842 mas

Total Proper Motion

38.969 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

16.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-35.37 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.664 · y = 0.483 · z = 0.570

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 143.93835° · Dec 34.78059°

Galactic ℓ, b

190.028° · 47.769°

Ecliptic λ, β

134.715° · 19.332°

HTM-20 index

-461341240

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