Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

HD 87883 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 87883, located approximately 59.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,005.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.43 g
  • An orbital period of 3,006.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.7700 AU
  • Distance from Earth 59.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.442
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,052,066 years

Context from the literature

HD 87883 b is an extrasolar planet which orbits HD 87883, a K-type star on the main sequence, approximately 59 light years from Earth in the constellation of Leo Minor. It is a long-period planet, taking 8.23 years to orbit the star at the average distance of 3.77 AU in a very eccentric path, which ranges distance from 1.06 AU to 6.48 AU. It was detected by the radial velocity method on August 13, 2009.

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HD 87883 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
2,005.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.310 M♃
Density
5.38 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.442
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope 3.0 m C. Donald Shane Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1130of 1771

top 63.7%

This planet

12.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 87883 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,005.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.381.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,005.497 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 578.448 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 87883

HIP

HIP 49699

TIC

TIC 407591082

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 747266452000257280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 747266452000257280

System

HD 87883

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.700 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,005.497 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,006.00 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1533
Distance 18.29 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.442 · percentile 98 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,006.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.7700 AU
Eccentricity
0.720
Inclination
16.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 8.23 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 3.7700 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

51.435 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,589.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

282.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

206.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.442

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fischer et al. 2009

Instrument

Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2009-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 87883

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,980 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.799 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.549 dex

Stellar density

2.228 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

9.30 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.17 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.980

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
18.29 parsec
Light-years 59.66 ly
V-band magnitude
7.56 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,052,066 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.28.58.54B7.56V7.27Gaia6.69TESS5.84J5.44H5.31K5.36W15.15W25.31W35.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

54.642 mas

Total Proper Motion

89.224 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-64.57 mas/yr

PM Declination

-61.58 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.731 · y = 0.386 · z = 0.563

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 152.17942° · Dec 34.24200°

Galactic ℓ, b

191.187° · 54.540°

Ecliptic λ, β

141.677° · 21.272°

HTM-20 index

1560425966

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Stellar spectra

3

Archive notes

1

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