Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 110537 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 110537, located approximately 147.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8,612.83 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 60.82 g
  • An orbital period of 24,469.673 days
  • Semi-major axis 16.7140 AU
  • Distance from Earth 147.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.255
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,593,227 years

HD 110537 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.060 R♃
Mass
8,612.83 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
27.099 M♃
Density
28.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
60.82 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.255
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 110537 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008,612.83317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5128.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0060.822.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8,612.832 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 110537

HIP

HIP 62039

TIC

TIC 51739133

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3681795018676501120

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3681795018676501120

System

HIP 62039

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.900 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 8,612.832 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 24,469.67 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1533
Distance 45.09 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.255 · percentile 46 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
24,469.673 days
Semi-major axis
16.7140 AU
Eccentricity
0.401
Inclination
51.89 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 66.99 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 16.7140 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.255

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 110537

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,718 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.166 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.313 dex

Stellar density

0.907 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

35.00 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.80 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.050

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
45.09 parsec
Light-years 147.05 ly
V-band magnitude
7.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,593,227 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

6.28.58.51B7.83V7.66Gaia7.70Kepler7.22TESS6.58J6.33H6.20K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

22.151 mas

Total Proper Motion

283.561 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-219.37 mas/yr

PM Declination

-179.68 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.980 · y = -0.186 · z = -0.071

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 190.74624° · Dec -4.05011°

Galactic ℓ, b

298.866° · 58.755°

Ecliptic λ, β

191.460° · 0.526°

HTM-20 index

-1667861135

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