Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 12.44 Earth radii
A mass of 4,195.33 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 27.10 g
Semi-major axis 27.0000 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,255 K (982 °C)
Distance from Earth 110.92 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.114
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,956,007 years

HR 2562 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

12.44 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.110 R♃

Mass

4,195.33 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

13.200 M♃

Density

12.00 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

27.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.114

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016

Method Imaging

Facility Gemini Observatory

Telescope 8.19 m Gemini South Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1287of 1771

top 72.6%

This planet

12.44R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

WASP-49 b 12.44 R⊕ WASP-186 b 12.44 R⊕ WASP-11 b 12.44 R⊕

Metric	Earth	HR 2562 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	12.44	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	4,195.33	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	12.00	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	27.10	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	4,195.335 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD 50571

HIP

HIP 32775

TIC

TIC 167656187

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5480006192386819456

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5480006192386819456

System

HR 2562

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.442 R⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1771

Mass 4,195.335 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1747

Distance 34.01 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.114 · percentile 30 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

— days

Semi-major axis

27.0000 AU

Eccentricity

—

Inclination

— °

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

1,255K

(982 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.114

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Konopacky et al. 2016

Instrument

Gemini Planet Imager

Publication

2016-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HR 2562

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,597 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.334 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.368 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

0.703 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

26.69 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

43.51 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

34.01 parsec

Light-years 110.92 ly

V-band magnitude

6.11 mag

Voyager-speed travel 1,956,007 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

29.377 mas

Total Proper Motion

108.477 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

108.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.107 · y = 0.484 · z = -0.868

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 102.50427° · Dec -60.24868°

Galactic ℓ, b

270.175° · -23.492°

Ecliptic λ, β

137.296° · -81.593°

HTM-20 index

-2144904250