Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2006

HD 86081 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 86081, located approximately 339.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 470.39 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.54 g
  • An orbital period of 2.138 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0346 AU
  • Distance from Earth 338.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.340
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,978,150 years

HD 86081 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
470.39 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.480 M♃
Density
1.03 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.54 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.340
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2006
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#609of 1771

top 34.3%

This planet

13.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 86081 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00470.39317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.031.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.542.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 470.388 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 86081

HIP

HIP 48711

TIC

TIC 62760824

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3823126385045210880

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3823126385045210880

System

HD 86081

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 470.388 M⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.14 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1533
Distance 103.94 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.340 · percentile 68 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.138 days
Semi-major axis
0.0346 AU
Eccentricity
0.012
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.14 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0346 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.340

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2006

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2006-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 86081

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

5,939 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.61 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.460 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.210 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.180 dex

Stellar density

0.351 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

30.74 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
103.94 parsec
Light-years 338.99 ly
V-band magnitude
8.73 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,978,150 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.19.39.34B8.73V8.59Gaia8.18TESS7.63J7.43H7.30K7.19W17.31W27.33W37.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.593 mas

Total Proper Motion

68.885 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-67.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.855 · y = 0.514 · z = -0.066

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 149.02437° · Dec -3.80835°

Galactic ℓ, b

242.200° · 37.610°

Ecliptic λ, β

152.528° · -15.380°

HTM-20 index

-1659223196

Observation Record

Photometric series

2

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

2

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