Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

SR 12 AB c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange SR 12 AB, located approximately 366.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,131.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 27.31 g
  • Distance from Earth 366.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.347
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,460,218 years
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Circumbinary planet

SR 12 AB c orbits a binary-star pair rather than a single host — a minority architecture in the confirmed catalogue.

SR 12 AB c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
4,131.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
13.000 M♃
Density
12.20 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
27.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.347
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Imaging
Facility Infrared Survey Facility
Telescope 1.4 m IRSF Telescope

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 SR 12 AB c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,131.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5112.201.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0027.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,131.620 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 175629526

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6049072007438134272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6049072007438134272

System

SR 12

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.300 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,131.620 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1747
Distance 112.32 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.347 · percentile 70 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.347

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Kuzuhara et al. 2011

Instrument

SIRIUS Camera

Publication

2011-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: SR 12 AB

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,829 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.103 R☉

Stellar Mass

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
112.32 parsec
Light-years 366.33 ly
V-band magnitude
13.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,460,218 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

3.714.814.75B13.36V12.18Gaia12.35Kepler11.14TESS9.42J8.63H8.41K8.27W18.11W27.78W33.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.903 mas

Total Proper Motion

27.811 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

-26.67 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.357 · y = -0.835 · z = -0.418

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 246.83124° · Dec -24.69467°

Galactic ℓ, b

352.980° · 16.565°

Ecliptic λ, β

249.023° · -2.927°

HTM-20 index

-775849125

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