Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HIP 57274 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 57274, located approximately 84.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 130.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.64 g
  • An orbital period of 32.030 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1780 AU
  • Distance from Earth 84.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.241
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,487,509 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around HIP 57274

HIP 57274 c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HIP 57274 b Unclassified 3,359.45 8.135 2011
HIP 57274 c this Gas Giant 14.20 130.00 32.030 2011
HIP 57274 d Gas Giant 14.20 167.40 431.700 2011

HIP 57274 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.270 R♃
Mass
130.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.409 M♃
Density
0.25 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.64 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.241
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

#334of 1771

top 18.8%

This planet

14.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 57274 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00130.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.251.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.642.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 130.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 57274

TIC

TIC 5078530

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4021079911593673600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4021079911593673600

System

HIP 57274

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.200 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1771
Mass 130.000 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 32.03 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1533
Distance 25.86 pc · percentile 6 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.241 · percentile 42 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
32.030 days
Semi-major axis
0.1780 AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 32.03 Earth days (8.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1780 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

32.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,793.0350

Long. of periastron (ω)

356.20°

Angular separation (arcsec)

6.88000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.241

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fischer et al. 2012

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2012-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 57274

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,640 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.87 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.680 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.730 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.710 dex

Stellar density

1.967 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-4.70 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
25.86 parsec
Light-years 84.35 ly
V-band magnitude
8.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,487,509 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.210.110.11B8.97V8.57Gaia7.90TESS6.96J6.41H6.29K6.22W16.25W26.27W36.21W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

38.638 mas

Total Proper Motion

382.667 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-27.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-381.71 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.856 · y = 0.057 · z = 0.514

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 176.17055° · Dec 30.95765°

Galactic ℓ, b

194.253° · 74.932°

Ecliptic λ, β

163.268° · 26.691°

HTM-20 index

1676755467

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