Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 11112 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 11112, located approximately 144.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,598.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 16.37 g
  • An orbital period of 17,244.908 days
  • Semi-major axis 13.3800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 144.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.411
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,552,654 years

HD 11112 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,598.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
8.176 M♃
Density
7.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
16.37 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.411
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 11112 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,598.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0016.372.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,598.565 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 11112

TIC

TIC 115319029

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4959271163279358208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4959271163279358208

System

HD 11112

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,598.565 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 17,244.91 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1533
Distance 44.38 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.411 · percentile 88 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17,244.908 days
Semi-major axis
13.3800 AU
Eccentricity
0.285
Inclination
144.88 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 47.21 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 13.3800 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.411

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 11112

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,906 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.474 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.131 dex

Stellar density

0.471 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
44.38 parsec
Light-years 144.75 ly
V-band magnitude
7.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,552,654 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.67.87.78B7.13V6.97Gaia6.55TESS6.01J5.78H5.65K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

22.504 mas

Total Proper Motion

440.437 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

413.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

152.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.667 · y = 0.341 · z = -0.663

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 27.08814° · Dec -41.49441°

Galactic ℓ, b

267.483° · -71.492°

Ecliptic λ, β

4.231° · -48.034°

HTM-20 index

-809786781

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories