Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HIP 5158 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 5158, located approximately 168.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,780.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 32.12 g
  • An orbital period of 9,017.760 days
  • Semi-major axis 7.7000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 168.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.327
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,968,058 years

1 sibling around HIP 5158

HIP 5158 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HIP 5158 b Gas Giant 13.60 451.00 345.720 2009
HIP 5158 c this Gas Giant 12.20 4,780.16 9,017.760 2011

HIP 5158 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.090 R♃
Mass
4,780.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
15.040 M♃
Density
14.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
32.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.327
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1410of 1771

top 79.6%

This planet

12.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 5158 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,780.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5114.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0032.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 4,780.163 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 5158

TIC

TIC 268634769

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2351405057377686272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2351405057377686272

System

HIP 5158

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.200 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,780.163 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 9,017.76 d · percentile 95 / cohort 1533
Distance 51.60 pc · percentile 21 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.327 · percentile 65 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9,017.760 days
Semi-major axis
7.7000 AU
Eccentricity
0.140
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 24.69 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 7.7000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.327

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feroz et al. 2011

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2011-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 5158

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,813 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.754 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.780 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.575 dex

Stellar density

2.564 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

15.28 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
51.60 parsec
Light-years 168.30 ly
V-band magnitude
10.16 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,968,058 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.611.211.21B10.16V9.80Gaia9.16TESS8.28J7.78H7.67K7.56W17.68W27.62W37.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.350 mas

Total Proper Motion

230.158 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

203.90 mas/yr

PM Declination

-106.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.886 · y = 0.263 · z = -0.382

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 16.50949° · Dec -22.45361°

Galactic ℓ, b

159.046° · -84.271°

Ecliptic λ, β

5.734° · -27.058°

HTM-20 index

-267005355

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