Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

omi CrB b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange omi CrB, located approximately 276.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 355.97 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.90 g
  • An orbital period of 187.010 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6990 AU
  • Distance from Earth 276.54 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.319
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,876,820 years

omi CrB b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.230 R♃
Mass
355.97 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.120 M♃
Density
0.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.90 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.319
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Telescope 1.88 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth omi CrB b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00355.97317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.902.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 355.968 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 136512

HIP

HIP 75049

TIC

TIC 357502856

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1275235752223276288

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1275235752223276288

System

omi CrB

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 355.968 M⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 187.01 d · percentile 57 / cohort 1533
Distance 84.79 pc · percentile 31 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.319 · percentile 63 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
187.010 days
Semi-major axis
0.6990 AU
Eccentricity
0.105
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 187.01 Earth days (51.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.6990 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.319

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sato et al. 2012

Instrument

HIDES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2012-12

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2012 at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (5 shown).

Host System: omi CrB

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,769 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.83 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

11.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.300 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.360 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-53.70 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
84.79 parsec
Light-years 276.54 ly
V-band magnitude
5.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,876,820 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

2.17.47.40B5.51V5.22Gaia4.62TESS3.65J3.17H2.93K2.12W12.88W23.06W33.02W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.766 mas

Total Proper Motion

125.572 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-118.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

-42.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.558 · y = -0.666 · z = 0.494

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 230.03508° · Dec 29.61602°

Galactic ℓ, b

46.209° · 57.334°

Ecliptic λ, β

216.599° · 45.926°

HTM-20 index

-1288834726

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Archive notes

1

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