Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

HIP 91258 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HIP 91258, located approximately 149.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 346.43 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.85 g
  • An orbital period of 5.051 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 149.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.317
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,639,172 years

HIP 91258 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.230 R♃
Mass
346.43 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.090 M♃
Density
0.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.85 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.317
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

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 91258 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00346.43317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.852.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 346.435 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 91258

TIC

TIC 383675945

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2159653734187847168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2159653734187847168

System

HIP 91258

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 346.435 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.05 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1533
Distance 45.88 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.317 · percentile 62 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.051 days
Semi-major axis
0.0600 AU
Eccentricity
0.020
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.05 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.317

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Moutou et al. 2014

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 91258

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,519 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

1.919 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.45 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
45.88 parsec
Light-years 149.66 ly
V-band magnitude
8.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,639,172 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.89.59.45B8.65V8.45Gaia7.96TESS7.31J7.00H6.89K6.82W16.86W26.85W36.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.765 mas

Total Proper Motion

235.087 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-39.49 mas/yr

PM Declination

-231.75 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.076 · y = -0.468 · z = 0.880

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 279.22112° · Dec 61.70151°

Galactic ℓ, b

91.361° · 25.357°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.843° · 83.704°

HTM-20 index

717466695

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