Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

KIC 3526061 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange KIC 3526061, located approximately 1,308.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5,768.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 39.40 g
  • An orbital period of 3,552.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.1400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 1,308.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.303
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,077,732 years

KIC 3526061 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
5,768.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
18.150 M♃
Density
17.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
39.40 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.303
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility McDonald Observatory
Telescope 2.7 m Harlan J. Smith Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1454of 1771

top 82.0%

This planet

12.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 62364 b 12.10 R⊕ HD 106515 A b 12.10 R⊕ BD+20 2457 b 12.10 R⊕
Metric Earth KIC 3526061 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005,768.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5117.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0039.402.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00—0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 5,768.586 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 399793957

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100133252769956224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100133252769956224

System

KIC 3526061

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 5,768.586 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,552.00 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1533
Distance 401.23 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.303 · percentile 59 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,552.000 days
Semi-major axis
5.1400 AU
Eccentricity
0.850
Inclination
— °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 9.72 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 5.1400 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

355.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,708.1000

Long. of periastron (ω)

75.70°

Angular separation (arcsec)

12.80000

Eq. Temperature

—

 

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.303

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Karjalainen et al. 2022

Instrument

Tull Coude Spectrograph

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KIC 3526061

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,829 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

5.860 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.420 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.090 dex

Rotational v·sin i

1.32 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
401.23 parsec
Light-years 1,308.63 ly
V-band magnitude
10.37 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,077,732 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

7.611.311.33B10.37V9.99Gaia10.00Kepler9.35TESS10.79Sloan g9.93Sloan r9.66Sloan i9.48Sloan z8.42J7.92H7.78K7.69W17.80W27.70W37.56W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.464 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.284 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.205 · y = -0.754 · z = 0.624

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.18640° · Dec 38.61111°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.056° · 14.851°

Ecliptic λ, β

294.764° · 60.751°

HTM-20 index

523467195

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Radius 12.10 R⊕ · 198.3 ly

tau Gem b

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Radius 12.10 R⊕ · 367.0 ly

HIP 948 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 12.10 R⊕ · 113.7 ly

HD 109988 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 12.10 R⊕ · 138.7 ly

BD+20 2457 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 12.10 R⊕ · 5,021.9 ly

HD 139357 b

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Radius 12.10 R⊕ · 365.6 ly

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