Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

GJ 3222 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange GJ 3222, located approximately 59.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.44 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 10.667 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0910 AU
  • Distance from Earth 59.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.597
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,049,016 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

GJ 3222 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.303 R♃
Mass
11.44 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.036 M♃
Density
1.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.597
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#221of 1978

top 11.1%

This planet

3.40R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 3222 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.44317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 11.442 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 21175

HIP

HIP 15799

TIC

TIC 160004049

System

HIP 15799

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.400 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.442 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.67 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1946
Distance 18.24 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.597 · percentile 82 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.667 days
Semi-major axis
0.0910 AU
Eccentricity
0.929
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.67 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0910 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.597

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 3222

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,257 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.931 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.430 dex

Systemic radial velocity

13.40 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.680

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
18.24 parsec
Light-years 59.48 ly
V-band magnitude
6.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,049,016 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 10 bands

4.47.87.78B6.90V6.08TESS5.33J4.95H4.77K4.72W14.45W24.66W34.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

54.830 mas

Total Proper Motion

65.668 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

52.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

39.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.483 · y = 0.594 · z = -0.644

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 50.89725° · Dec -40.07623°

Galactic ℓ, b

245.241° · -56.092°

Ecliptic λ, β

30.885° · -55.780°

HTM-20 index

540238312

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