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HD 13167 b

HD 13167 b is a gas giant orbiting the star HD 13167. Its year lasts 2,610 Earth days. It was discovered in 2018 by the Radial Velocity method.

Host starHD 13167
Distance485.8 light-years (148.9 pc)
Orbital period7.15 years
Orbital radius4.1 AU
Eccentricity0.563
Radius13.1 R⊕ · 1.17 R♃
Mass (minimum)1,050 M⊕ · 3.31 M♃
Density2.57 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature209 K (-64 °C)
Stellar flux received0.543 × Earth
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery year2018
Discovered byW. M. Keck Observatory

Habitable zone

Inside its star's habitable zone: it receives enough light for liquid water to exist on its surface under a suitable atmosphere.

Its star in the sky

In the planet's sky its star is a disc 0.31° across: 0.58 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.34); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 65° N. South of latitude 65° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1540. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.6 million years.

Open in the simulation

Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.