Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2002

iot Dra b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange iot Dra, located approximately 102.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,756.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 24.43 g
  • An orbital period of 510.854 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.4530 AU
  • Distance from Earth 102.18 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.361
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,801,930 years

1 sibling around iot Dra

iot Dra 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
iot Dra b this Gas Giant 12.40 3,756.73 510.854 2002
iot Dra c Gas Giant 12.20 4,958.12 25,000.000 2022

iot Dra b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
3,756.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
11.820 M♃
Density
10.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
24.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.361
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2002
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope 0.6 m Coude Auxiliary Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1298of 1771

top 73.2%

This planet

12.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth iot Dra b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,756.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5110.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0024.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 3,756.732 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 137759

HIP

HIP 75458

TIC

TIC 165722603

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1614731957530945280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1614731957531452544

System

iot Dra

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.400 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,756.732 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 510.85 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1533
Distance 31.33 pc · percentile 8 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.361 · percentile 74 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
510.854 days
Semi-major axis
1.4530 AU
Eccentricity
0.701
Inclination
46.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.40 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.4530 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.361

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Frink et al. 2002

Instrument

Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2002-09

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2002 at Lick Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: iot Dra

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,504 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.65 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

11.790 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.540 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.480 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-12.31 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
31.33 parsec
Light-years 102.18 ly
V-band magnitude
3.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,801,930 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

-1.54.54.47B3.30V2.97Gaia2.27TESS1.29J0.72H0.67K-1.54W1-0.47W20.74W30.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

31.920 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.112 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.323 · y = -0.402 · z = 0.857

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 231.23232° · Dec 58.96614°

Galactic ℓ, b

93.971° · 48.628°

Ecliptic λ, β

184.946° · 71.094°

HTM-20 index

1095359429

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Archive notes

1

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