Artist impression of HR 810 b exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 1999

HR 810 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HR 810, located approximately 56.5 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,970.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 12.22 g
  • An orbital period of 302.800 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.9200 AU
  • Distance from Earth 56.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.441
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 996,096 years

Context from the literature

Iota Horologii b, often catalogued HR 810 b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 56.5 light-years away in the constellation of Horologium. Iota Horologii b has a minimum mass 2.26 times that of Jupiter; astrometric measurements from Gaia suggest it has a true mass of 6.2 MJ.

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HR 810 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,970.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
6.200 M♃
Density
5.29 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
12.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.441
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 1999
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 1.4 m CAT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1130of 1771

top 63.7%

This planet

12.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HR 810 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,970.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.291.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0012.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,970.536 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 721.474 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 17051

HIP

HIP 12653

TIC

TIC 166853853

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4745373133284418816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4745373133284418816

System

HR 810

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.700 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,970.536 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 302.80 d · percentile 61 / cohort 1533
Distance 17.32 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.441 · percentile 98 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
302.800 days
Semi-major axis
0.9200 AU
Eccentricity
0.140
Inclination
87.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 302.80 Earth days (82.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.9200 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

57.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,451,908.6000

Long. of periastron (ω)

309.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

53.10000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.441

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

Kurster et al. 2000

Instrument

CES Spectrograph

Publication

2000-01

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 1999 at La Silla Observatory (4 shown).

Host System: HR 810

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,167 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.72 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.130 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.340 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.050 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

17.01 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.50 km/s

Rotation period

7.90 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.650

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
17.32 parsec
Light-years 56.48 ly
V-band magnitude
5.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 996,096 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

3.66.05.95B5.40V5.26Gaia4.88TESS4.78Ic4.75J4.32H4.14K4.05W13.65W24.11W34.02W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

57.714 mas

Total Proper Motion

399.518 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

333.83 mas/yr

PM Declination

219.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.480 · y = 0.412 · z = -0.775

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 40.64172° · Dec -50.79935°

Galactic ℓ, b

268.806° · -58.323°

Ecliptic λ, β

8.235° · -61.014°

HTM-20 index

1676531791

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

4

Archive notes

1

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