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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Gas giant

HD 4313 b

HD 4313 b orbits the star HD 4313, 444.6 light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit in 356.21 Earth days.

DISCOVERED 2009 · Radial Velocity

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HD 4313 b
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Gas giantPlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

13.4 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 1,240% wider than Earth.

356.21 daysYear length

Time to complete one orbit.

444.6 light-yearsDistance

Its light travels for roughly 445 years to reach us.

2009Discovered

Radial Velocity

Overview

HD 4313 b is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2009. The credited discovery facility is W. M. Keck Observatory. Its Radial Velocity evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.

Its recorded radius is 13.4 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.

The planet

The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 612.46 Earth masses (Msini). Radius: 13.4 Earth radii.

Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.

Orbit & year

A year here lasts 356.21 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 1.157 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.

Eccentricity: 0.147. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.

Host star

HD 4313 · G5.

Effective temperature: 4,943 K.

Mass: 1.63 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

1 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

HD 4313 b · 356.21-day orbit

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2009. Method: Radial Velocity. Facility: W. M. Keck Observatory.

First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.

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Potential habitability

The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.

The listed equilibrium temperature is 502 K. This is an estimated energy-balance temperature, not a measured surface temperature.

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What do we actually know?

Observed

The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.

Measured

Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.

Calculated

Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.

Estimated

Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.

Inferred

Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.

Unknown

Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.

Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.

Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.

Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.

Scientific data

Radius13.4 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass612.45841 Earth masses (Msini)
Orbital period356.21 Earth days
Semi-major axis1.157 AU
Eccentricity0.147
Equilibrium temperature502.39 K · estimated, not surface temperature
Host star temperature4,943 K
Host star mass1.63 Solar masses
Host star radius5.14 Solar radii
Distance136.308 parsecs
Discovery year2,009
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery facilityW. M. Keck Observatory
Discovery publication2010-05
Stellar spectral typeG5

Uncertainties and parameter provenance

Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.

ParameterUncertainty / source
RadiusUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value
Mass / minimum mass+28.6047 / -28.6047Luhn et al. 2019
Orbital period+0.88 / -0.88Luhn et al. 2019
Equilibrium temperatureUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value

Sources

NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).

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Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.

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