Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

2MASS J02192210-3925225 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf 2MASS J02192210-3925225, located approximately 130.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 16.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,417.84 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 16.96 g
  • Semi-major axis 156.0000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 130.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.397
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,305,860 years

2MASS J02192210-3925225 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
16.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.440 R♃
Mass
4,417.84 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
13.900 M♃
Density
5.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
16.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.397
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Imaging
Facility Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Telescope 1.5 m CTIO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#146of 1771

top 8.2%

This planet

16.14R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 2MASS J02192210-3925225 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0016.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,417.84317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0016.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,417.837 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 77111651

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4963614887043956096

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4963614887043956096

System

2MASS J02192210-3925225

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.141 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,417.837 M⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1747
Distance 40.09 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.397 · percentile 85 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
156.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.397

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Artigau et al. 2015

Instrument

SIMON Near-Infrared Spectroimager

Publication

2015-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: 2MASS J02192210-3925225

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,064 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.04 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.281 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.108 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

17.671 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

10.60 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.50 km/s

Distance
40.09 parsec
Light-years 130.75 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,305,860 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.018.518.55B15.01Gaia13.43TESS13.42Ic11.38J10.81H10.40K10.15W19.90W29.61W39.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.944 mas

Total Proper Motion

109.600 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

103.60 mas/yr

PM Declination

-35.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.634 · y = 0.441 · z = -0.635

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 34.84270° · Dec -39.42308°

Galactic ℓ, b

252.453° · -67.984°

Ecliptic λ, β

13.505° · -49.305°

HTM-20 index

243519503

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