Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 105618 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 105618, located approximately 228.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8,419.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 59.46 g
  • An orbital period of 77,114.072 days
  • Semi-major axis 35.7310 AU
  • Distance from Earth 228.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.257
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,031,047 years

1 sibling around HD 105618

HD 105618 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 105618 b Neptune-like 5.44 25.43 10.022 2022
HD 105618 c this Gas Giant 11.90 8,419.59 77,114.072 2022

HD 105618 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.070 R♃
Mass
8,419.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
26.491 M♃
Density
27.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
59.46 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.257
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1526of 1771

top 86.1%

This planet

11.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 105618 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008,419.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5127.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0059.462.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8,419.592 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 105618

TIC

TIC 397519199

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3906803888551408000

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3906803888551408000

System

HD 105618

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.900 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 8,419.592 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 77,114.07 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1533
Distance 70.08 pc · percentile 28 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.257 · percentile 47 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
77,114.072 days
Semi-major axis
35.7310 AU
Eccentricity
0.126
Inclination
31.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 211.13 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 35.7310 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.257

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 105618

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,671 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.274 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
70.08 parsec
Light-years 228.58 ly
V-band magnitude
8.63 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,031,047 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.09.39.25B8.63V8.47Gaia8.02TESS7.42J7.14H7.01K6.96W17.08W27.09W37.07W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

14.240 mas

Total Proper Motion

104.631 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-104.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.96 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.980 · y = -0.041 · z = 0.194

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 182.40213° · Dec 11.21157°

Galactic ℓ, b

269.217° · 71.291°

Ecliptic λ, β

177.681° · 11.230°

HTM-20 index

569010175

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