Key parameters at a glance

A mass of 2,002.20 Earth masses
An orbital period of 5,840.000 days
Semi-major axis 5.9000 AU
Distance from Earth 781.48 light-years
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 13,781,441 years

1 sibling around UZ For

UZ For b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet	Type	Radius (R⊕)	Mass (M⊕)	Period (d)	Eq. T (K)	Year
UZ For c	Unclassified	—	2,447.20	1,916.250	—	2011
UZ For b this	Unclassified	—	2,002.20	5,840.000	—	2011

brightness_6

Circumbinary planet

UZ For b orbits a binary-star pair rather than a single host — a minority architecture in the confirmed catalogue.

UZ For b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

— R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

— R♃

Mass

2,002.20 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

6.300 M♃

Density

— g/cm³

Surface Gravity

— g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Unclassified

ESI Score —

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011

Method Eclipse Timing Variations

Facility Multiple Observatories

Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Metric	Earth	UZ For b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	—	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2,002.20	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	—	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	—	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	2,002.200 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 144622139

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5084805635638179584

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5084805635638179584

System

UZ For

Percentile among Unclassified cohort

Mass 2,002.200 M⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 42

Orbital period 5,840.00 d · percentile 95 / cohort 43

Distance 239.60 pc · percentile 86 / cohort 43

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

5,840.000 days

Semi-major axis

5.9000 AU

Eccentricity

0.040

Inclination

— °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 15.99 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 5.9000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

—

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Potter et al. 2011

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2011-09

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2011 at Multiple Observatories (2 shown).

NY Vir b · Gas Giant UZ For c · Unclassified

Host System: UZ For

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,287 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

—

Stellar Mass

0.700 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

—

Distance

239.60 parsec

Light-years 781.48 ly

V-band magnitude

16.78 mag

Voyager-speed travel 13,781,441 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.174 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.200 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

18.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.50 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.531 · y = 0.728 · z = -0.434

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 53.86947° · Dec -25.73939°

Galactic ℓ, b

220.312° · -53.415°

Ecliptic λ, β

42.966° · -43.459°

HTM-20 index

-2112287336