Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

CFHTWIR-Oph 98 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf CFHTWIR-Oph 98 A, located approximately Distance pending from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 20.85 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,479.06 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.70 g
  • An orbital period of 8,040,000.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 200.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,800 K (1527 °C)
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.069

CFHTWIR-Oph 98 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
20.85 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.860 R♃
Mass
2,479.06 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.800 M♃
Density
1.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.069
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Imaging
Facility Hubble Space Telescope
Telescope 2.4 m Hubble Space Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#26of 1771

top 1.4%

This planet

20.85R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth CFHTWIR-Oph 98 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0020.8511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,479.06317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,479.062 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 175744063

System

CFHTWIR-Oph 98

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 20.849 R⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,479.062 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 8,040,000.00 d · percentile 100 / cohort 1533
ESI 0.069 · percentile 13 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8,040,000.000 days
Semi-major axis
200.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 22012.32 Earth years at a mean orbital distance of 200.0000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

1,800K

(1527 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.069

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fontanive et al. 2020

Instrument

WFC3 Camera

Publication

2020-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: CFHTWIR-Oph 98 A

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

2,320 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.245 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.015 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

8.118.518.53TESS16.78J15.57H14.59K13.99W113.23W210.52W38.06W4

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