Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

GJ 463 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 463, located approximately 59.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,080.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.30 g
  • An orbital period of 3,459.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.5300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 59.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.405
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,055,759 years

GJ 463 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,080.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.400 M♃
Density
2.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.30 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.405
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 463 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,080.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.302.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,080.617 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 524.099 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 60398

TIC

TIC 147670988

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1584088431025057792

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1584088431025057792

System

GJ 463

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,080.617 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,459.00 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1533
Distance 18.36 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.405 · percentile 87 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,459.000 days
Semi-major axis
3.5300 AU
Eccentricity
0.146
Inclination
152.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 9.47 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 3.5300 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

36.270 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,313.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

329.30°

Angular separation (arcsec)

192.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.405

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Endl et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 463

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,563 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.483 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.486 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.860 dex

Stellar density

6.231 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

32.90 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
18.36 parsec
Light-years 59.87 ly
V-band magnitude
11.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,055,759 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 13 bands

7.115.515.54U12.92B11.60V10.55Gaia9.39TESS12.74Sloan g11.08Sloan r9.93Sloan i10.37Sloan z9.24Ic7.94J7.34H7.12K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

54.451 mas

Total Proper Motion

769.866 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-673.25 mas/yr

PM Declination

373.40 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.436 · y = -0.044 · z = 0.899

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 185.74405° · Dec 64.03243°

Galactic ℓ, b

128.080° · 52.810°

Ecliptic λ, β

143.920° · 57.382°

HTM-20 index

1402844090

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