Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

HIP 67851 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 67851, located approximately 209.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 365.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.95 g
  • An orbital period of 89.230 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4200 AU
  • Distance from Earth 209.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.320
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,687,920 years

1 sibling around HIP 67851

HIP 67851 b 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 67851 b this Gas Giant 13.70 365.50 89.230 2015
HIP 67851 c Gas Giant 12.70 2,204.78 3,128.410 2015

HIP 67851 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.220 R♃
Mass
365.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.150 M♃
Density
0.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.320
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 67851 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00365.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 365.503 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 121056

HIP

HIP 67851

TIC

TIC 111947706

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6169943210465504384

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6169943210465504384

System

HIP 67851

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 365.503 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 89.23 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1533
Distance 64.12 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.320 · percentile 63 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
89.230 days
Semi-major axis
0.4200 AU
Eccentricity
0.130
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 89.23 Earth days (24.4% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.4200 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.320

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Jones et al. 2015

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2015-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 67851

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,840 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.46 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

5.450 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.280 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.110 dex

Systemic radial velocity

5.58 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.33 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
64.12 parsec
Light-years 209.13 ly
V-band magnitude
6.17 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,687,920 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

3.57.27.20B6.17V5.89Gaia5.29TESS5.17Ic4.48J3.81H3.75K3.76W13.54W23.78W33.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.567 mas

Total Proper Motion

303.039 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-295.04 mas/yr

PM Declination

-69.16 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.717 · y = -0.389 · z = -0.578

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 208.46536° · Dec -35.31465°

Galactic ℓ, b

317.049° · 25.840°

Ecliptic λ, β

219.279° · -22.065°

HTM-20 index

-908909211

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