Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

2MASS J22501512+2325342 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf 2MASS J22501512+2325342, located approximately 186.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9,534.85 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 67.33 g
  • Semi-major axis 518.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,600 K (1327 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 186.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.066
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,291,784 years

2MASS J22501512+2325342 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.060 R♃
Mass
9,534.85 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
30.000 M♃
Density
31.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
67.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.066
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Imaging
Facility The 2 (Two) Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
Telescope Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1526of 1771

top 86.1%

This planet

11.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth 2MASS J22501512+2325342 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009,534.85317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5131.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0067.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 9,534.852 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 435830255

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2837047214379099904

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2837047214379099904

System

2MASS J22501512+2325342

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.900 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 9,534.852 M⊕ · percentile 100 / cohort 1747
Distance 57.23 pc · percentile 24 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.066 · percentile 11 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
518.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

1,600K

(1327 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.066

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Desrochers et al. 2018

Instrument

2MASS Camera

Publication

2018-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: 2MASS J22501512+2325342

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,352 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.15 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.438 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.433 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.793 dex

Stellar density

7.288 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

30.00 km/s

Distance
57.23 parsec
Light-years 186.66 ly
V-band magnitude
14.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,291,784 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.616.416.40B14.78V13.58Gaia12.32TESS10.71J10.08H9.83K9.72W19.58W29.44W38.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

17.444 mas

Total Proper Motion

95.176 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

70.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

-64.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.875 · y = -0.275 · z = 0.398

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 342.56341° · Dec 23.42591°

Galactic ℓ, b

90.016° · -31.589°

Ecliptic λ, β

353.859° · 28.302°

HTM-20 index

1845475573

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