Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
A mass of 403.64 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 2.15 g
An orbital period of 362.500 days
Semi-major axis 1.1100 AU
Distance from Earth 456.83 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.327
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,056,204 years

HD 96063 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

13.70 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.220 R♃

Mass

403.64 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

1.270 M♃

Density

0.86 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

2.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.327

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

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 148164 b 13.70 R⊕ HD 114783 b 13.70 R⊕ HD 159243 b 13.70 R⊕

Metric	Earth	HD 96063 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	13.70	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	403.64	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	0.86	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	2.15	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i)	403.644 M⊕	Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD 96063

HIP

HIP 54158

TIC

TIC 53178442

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3791263156547622784

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3791263156547622784

System

HD 96063

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771

Mass 403.644 M⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 362.50 d · percentile 63 / cohort 1533

Distance 140.07 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.327 · percentile 65 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

362.500 days

Semi-major axis

1.1100 AU

Eccentricity

0.170

Inclination

— °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 362.50 Earth days (99.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.1100 AU.

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.327

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2011

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2011 at W. M. Keck Observatory (12 shown).

HD 5891 b · Gas Giant HD 102329 b · Gas Giant HD 18742 b · Gas Giant HD 142245 b · Gas Giant CFBDSIR J145829+101343 b · Gas Giant HD 1502 b · Gas Giant HD 108863 b · Gas Giant HD 82886 b · Gas Giant HD 106270 b · Gas Giant HD 98219 b · Gas Giant HD 152581 b · Gas Giant HD 131496 b · Gas Giant

Host System: HD 96063

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,020 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.750 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.370 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.330 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-1.18 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.87 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

140.07 parsec

Light-years 456.83 ly

V-band magnitude

8.21 mag

Voyager-speed travel 8,056,204 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.112 mas

Total Proper Motion

33.353 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

27.95 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.970 · y = 0.239 · z = -0.044

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 166.18535° · Dec -2.51330°

Galactic ℓ, b

257.779° · 50.761°

Ecliptic λ, β

168.267° · -7.766°

HTM-20 index

-1023406703