Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

ome Ser b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) ome Ser, located approximately 250.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 233.92 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 278.590 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8380 AU
  • Distance from Earth 250.34 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.283
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,414,798 years

ome Ser b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
233.92 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.736 M♃
Density
0.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.283
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Telescope 1.88 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth ome Ser b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00233.92317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 233.922 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 141680

HIP

HIP 77578

TIC

TIC 272677041

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4423234230853333632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4423234230853333632

System

ome Ser

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 233.922 M⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 278.59 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1533
Distance 76.76 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.283 · percentile 53 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
278.590 days
Semi-major axis
0.8380 AU
Eccentricity
0.180
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 278.59 Earth days (76.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.8380 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.283

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sato et al. 2013

Instrument

HIDES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2013-08

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2013 at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (2 shown).

Host System: ome Ser

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

4,724 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

10.990 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.370 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-3.65 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.89 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
76.76 parsec
Light-years 250.34 ly
V-band magnitude
5.22 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,414,798 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

1.96.26.24B5.22V4.93Gaia4.33TESS3.62J3.03H2.93K1.93W12.32W22.80W32.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.002 mas

Total Proper Motion

56.967 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

30.60 mas/yr

PM Declination

-48.05 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.536 · y = -0.843 · z = 0.038

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 237.57324° · Dec 2.19630°

Galactic ℓ, b

10.538° · 40.501°

Ecliptic λ, β

234.762° · 21.757°

HTM-20 index

453329942

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Archive notes

1

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