Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2002

HD 83443 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 83443, located approximately 133.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 127.77 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.64 g
  • An orbital period of 2.986 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0406 AU
  • Distance from Earth 133.39 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.242
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,352,418 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around HD 83443

HD 83443 b 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 83443 b this Gas Giant 14.10 127.77 2.986 2002
HD 83443 c Gas Giant 13.60 476.74 8,241.000 2022

HD 83443 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
127.77 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.402 M♃
Density
0.25 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.64 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.242
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2002
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#371of 1771

top 20.9%

This planet

14.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 83443 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00127.77317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.251.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.642.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 127.767 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 83443

HIP

HIP 47202

TIC

TIC 32820141

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5424836719001215360

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5424836719001215360

System

HD 83443

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.100 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 127.767 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.99 d · percentile 15 / cohort 1533
Distance 40.90 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.242 · percentile 42 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.986 days
Semi-major axis
0.0406 AU
Eccentricity
0.012
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.99 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0406 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

56.730 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,452,307.3690

Long. of periastron (ω)

344.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.99300

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.242

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Butler et al. 2002

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2002-10

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2002 at Multiple Observatories (2 shown).

Host System: HD 83443

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,442 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.64 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.390 dex

Stellar density

1.320 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

28.89 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.30 km/s

Rotation period

35.30 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.840

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
40.90 parsec
Light-years 133.39 ly
V-band magnitude
8.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,352,418 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.49.19.05B8.23V8.03Gaia7.54TESS6.88J6.59H6.44K6.45W16.39W26.46W36.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.422 mas

Total Proper Motion

122.134 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

21.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-120.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.591 · y = 0.425 · z = -0.685

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 144.29941° · Dec -43.27272°

Galactic ℓ, b

269.596° · 6.679°

Ecliptic λ, β

168.789° · -52.932°

HTM-20 index

280604857

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

5

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

2

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