Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

HD 8535 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 8535, located approximately 180.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 216.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 1,313.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.4500 AU
  • Distance from Earth 180.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.278
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,188,782 years

HD 8535 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
216.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.680 M♃
Density
0.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.278
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 8535 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00216.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 216.124 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 8535

HIP

HIP 6511

TIC

TIC 41862035

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4984244302162168704

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4984244302162168704

System

HD 8535

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 216.124 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,313.00 d · percentile 81 / cohort 1533
Distance 55.44 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.278 · percentile 52 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,313.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.4500 AU
Eccentricity
0.150
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.59 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.4500 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.278

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Naef et al. 2010

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2010-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 8535

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,136 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.190 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.130 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

0.809 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

2.46 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.41 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.000

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
55.44 parsec
Light-years 180.82 ly
V-band magnitude
7.70 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,188,782 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.38.38.25B7.70V7.56Gaia7.18TESS6.74J6.45H6.35K6.32W16.27W26.39W36.31W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.009 mas

Total Proper Motion

90.554 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

57.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

-69.84 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.702 · y = 0.268 · z = -0.660

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 20.90548° · Dec -41.27010°

Galactic ℓ, b

279.920° · -74.389°

Ecliptic λ, β

358.665° · -45.387°

HTM-20 index

545778835

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