Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
A mass of 2,917.56 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 18.67 g
An orbital period of 124.600 days
Semi-major axis 0.5650 AU
Distance from Earth 510.29 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.394
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,998,975 years

HIP 63242 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

12.50 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.120 R♃

Mass

2,917.56 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

9.180 M♃

Density

8.21 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

18.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.394

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013

Method Radial Velocity

Facility Multiple Observatories

Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 156279 c 12.50 R⊕ HD 33283 b 12.50 R⊕ HD 156279 b 12.50 R⊕

Metric	Earth	HIP 63242 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	12.50	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2,917.56	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	8.21	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	18.67	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i)	2,917.560 M⊕	Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD 112410

HIP

HIP 63242

TIC

TIC 437310271

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5858576597131420288

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5858576597131420288

System

HIP 63242

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771

Mass 2,917.560 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 124.60 d · percentile 54 / cohort 1533

Distance 156.46 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.394 · percentile 84 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

124.600 days

Semi-major axis

0.5650 AU

Eccentricity

0.230

Inclination

— °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 124.60 Earth days (34.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.5650 AU.

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.394

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Jones et al. 2013

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2013-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 63242

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,830 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

10.276 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.540 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.31

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.530 dex

Systemic radial velocity

72.82 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.70 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

156.46 parsec

Light-years 510.29 ly

V-band magnitude

6.86 mag

Voyager-speed travel 8,998,975 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.363 mas

Total Proper Motion

72.568 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-65.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

31.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.399 · y = -0.102 · z = -0.911

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 194.38248° · Dec -65.64633°

Galactic ℓ, b

303.561° · -2.782°

Ecliptic λ, β

228.801° · -52.665°

HTM-20 index

-2131112495