Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

NGC 2682 YBP 1194 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) NGC 2682 YBP 1194, located approximately 2,847.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 101.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.67 g
  • An orbital period of 6.959 days
  • Distance from Earth 2,847.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.266
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 50,208,270 years

NGC 2682 YBP 1194 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
101.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.320 M♃
Density
0.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.266
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1349of 1771

top 76.1%

This planet

12.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth NGC 2682 YBP 1194 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00101.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 101.706 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 437034946

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 604914949295282816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 604914949295282816

System

NGC 2682 YBP 1194

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.300 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1771
Mass 101.706 M⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 6.96 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1533
Distance 872.92 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.266 · percentile 49 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.959 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.300
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.96 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.266

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Brucalassi et al. 2014

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2014-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: NGC 2682 YBP 1194

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,780 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.15 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.990 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.440 dex

Stellar density

1.434 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

34.19 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
872.92 parsec
Light-years 2,847.08 ly
V-band magnitude
14.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 50,208,270 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.515.315.33B14.57V14.47Gaia14.01TESS13.37J13.04H12.97K12.97W113.03W211.87W38.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.116 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.222 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.664 · y = 0.719 · z = 0.205

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 132.75331° · Dec 11.81465°

Galactic ℓ, b

215.646° · 31.839°

Ecliptic λ, β

131.884° · -5.626°

HTM-20 index

-1143315152

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