Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

HIP 67537 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 67537, located approximately 378.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,309.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 28.48 g
  • An orbital period of 2,523.647 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.8070 AU
  • Distance from Earth 378.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.342
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,674,688 years

HIP 67537 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
4,309.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
13.558 M♃
Density
12.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
28.48 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.342
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1349of 1771

top 76.1%

This planet

12.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 67537 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,309.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5112.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0028.482.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,309.118 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 3,512.004 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 120457

HIP

HIP 67537

TIC

TIC 166526615

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6114034246789494528

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6114034246789494528

System

HIP 67537

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.300 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,309.118 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,523.65 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1533
Distance 116.05 pc · percentile 38 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.342 · percentile 69 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,523.647 days
Semi-major axis
4.8070 AU
Eccentricity
0.586
Inclination
82.11 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.91 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 4.8070 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.342

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Jones et al. 2017

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2017-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 67537

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,985 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

8.690 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.316 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.850 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-3.08 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
116.05 parsec
Light-years 378.49 ly
V-band magnitude
6.43 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,674,688 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.07.47.45B6.43V6.17Gaia5.59TESS5.05J4.41H4.20K4.14W13.95W24.15W34.12W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.589 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.956 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.680 · y = -0.355 · z = -0.641

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 207.58084° · Dec -39.90090°

Galactic ℓ, b

315.034° · 21.583°

Ecliptic λ, β

220.510° · -26.567°

HTM-20 index

1805472985

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