Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

GJ 680 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange GJ 680, located approximately 31.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7,977.49 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 55.40 g
  • An orbital period of 17,281.665 days
  • Semi-major axis 10.1380 AU
  • Distance from Earth 31.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.265
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 556,376 years

GJ 680 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.070 R♃
Mass
7,977.49 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
25.100 M♃
Density
25.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
55.40 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.265
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1494of 1771

top 84.3%

This planet

12.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 680 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007,977.49317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5125.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0055.402.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 7,977.493 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 86057

TIC

TIC 325624908

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5946986063684477056

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5946986063684477056

System

HIP 86057

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.000 R⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1771
Mass 7,977.493 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 17,281.67 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1533
Distance 9.67 pc · percentile 1 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.265 · percentile 49 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17,281.665 days
Semi-major axis
10.1380 AU
Eccentricity
0.381
Inclination
21.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 47.31 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 10.1380 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.265

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 680

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

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

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.459 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.456 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
9.67 parsec
Light-years 31.55 ly
V-band magnitude
10.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 556,376 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

5.811.611.65B10.13V9.28Gaia8.18TESS7.88Ic6.67J6.08H5.83K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

103.350 mas

Total Proper Motion

476.188 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

74.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

470.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.071 · y = -0.656 · z = -0.751

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 263.80722° · Dec -48.67884°

Galactic ℓ, b

342.079° · -8.663°

Ecliptic λ, β

265.476° · -25.337°

HTM-20 index

2147323689

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