Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HIP 8541 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 8541, located approximately 505.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,451.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 15.44 g
  • An orbital period of 1,852.144 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.7290 AU
  • Distance from Earth 505.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.419
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,922,189 years

1 sibling around HIP 8541

HIP 8541 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
HD 11343 c Gas Giant 13.90 255.53 228.537 2022
HIP 8541 b this Gas Giant 12.60 2,451.73 1,852.144 2016

HIP 8541 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.130 R♃
Mass
2,451.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.714 M♃
Density
6.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
15.44 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.419
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 8541 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,451.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0015.442.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,451.728 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,496.972 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 11343

HIP

HIP 8541

TIC

TIC 231019255

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4912062772547406976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4912062772547406976

System

HIP 8541

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,451.728 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,852.14 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1533
Distance 155.12 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.419 · percentile 91 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,852.144 days
Semi-major axis
3.7290 AU
Eccentricity
0.360
Inclination
90.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 5.07 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 3.7290 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.419

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. 2016

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 8541

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,672 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.97 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

6.840 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.009 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.950 dex

Systemic radial velocity

6.61 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
155.12 parsec
Light-years 505.94 ly
V-band magnitude
7.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,922,189 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.28.98.87B7.88V7.56Gaia6.92TESS6.01J5.46H5.29K5.21W15.17W25.26W35.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.418 mas

Total Proper Motion

119.928 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

110.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

-46.67 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.515 · y = 0.269 · z = -0.814

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 27.52720° · Dec -54.46516°

Galactic ℓ, b

285.471° · -60.629°

Ecliptic λ, β

351.472° · -58.590°

HTM-20 index

-1331570115

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