Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HD 98219 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 98219, located approximately 370.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 624.22 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.48 g
  • An orbital period of 433.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.2600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 370.85 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.364
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,539,982 years

HD 98219 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
624.22 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.964 M♃
Density
1.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.364
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

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 98219 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00624.22317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 624.218 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 98219

HIP

HIP 55174

TIC

TIC 437246853

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3534621989981179520

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3534621989981179520

System

HD 98219

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 624.218 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 433.80 d · percentile 65 / cohort 1533
Distance 113.70 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.364 · percentile 75 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
433.800 days
Semi-major axis
1.2600 AU
Eccentricity
0.079
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.19 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.2600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.364

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2011

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2011-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 98219

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,925 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.600 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.410 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.360 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-10.30 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
113.70 parsec
Light-years 370.85 ly
V-band magnitude
8.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,539,982 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.78.98.95B8.05V7.79Gaia7.22TESS6.42J5.91H5.81K5.73W15.70W25.78W35.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.766 mas

Total Proper Motion

131.856 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-130.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.898 · y = 0.167 · z = -0.406

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 169.44752° · Dec -23.97549°

Galactic ℓ, b

276.920° · 34.122°

Ecliptic λ, β

180.513° · -26.064°

HTM-20 index

785275323

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