Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

GJ 9714 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange GJ 9714, located approximately 66.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,988.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 19.13 g
  • An orbital period of 19,240.755 days
  • Semi-major axis 12.3190 AU
  • Distance from Earth 66.90 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.391
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,179,807 years

GJ 9714 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,988.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.403 M♃
Density
8.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
19.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.391
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 9714 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,988.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0019.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,988.541 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 199981

HIP

HIP 103768

TIC

TIC 92566472

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6781117812601143168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6781117812601143168

System

HIP 103768

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,988.541 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 19,240.75 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1533
Distance 20.51 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.391 · percentile 83 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
19,240.755 days
Semi-major axis
12.3190 AU
Eccentricity
0.155
Inclination
155.33 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 52.68 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 12.3190 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.391

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 9714

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,263 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.663 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.670 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
20.51 parsec
Light-years 66.90 ly
V-band magnitude
9.37 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,179,807 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

6.210.610.61B9.37V8.84Gaia8.08TESS7.90Ic6.98J6.39H6.22K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

48.723 mas

Total Proper Motion

274.806 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

246.31 mas/yr

PM Declination

-121.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.600 · y = -0.592 · z = -0.538

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 315.41418° · Dec -32.52500°

Galactic ℓ, b

12.014° · -40.463°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.423° · -14.943°

HTM-20 index

-1597065493

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