Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 11343 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 8541, located approximately 505.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 255.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 228.537 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.9230 AU
  • Distance from Earth 505.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.291
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,922,189 years

1 sibling around HIP 8541

HD 11343 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 11343 c this Gas Giant 13.90 255.53 228.537 2022
HIP 8541 b Gas Giant 12.60 2,451.73 1,852.144 2016

HD 11343 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
255.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.804 M♃
Density
0.52 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.291
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#456of 1771

top 25.7%

This planet

13.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 11343 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00255.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.521.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 255.534 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 11343

HIP

HIP 8541

TIC

TIC 231019255

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4912062772547406976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4912062772547406976

System

HIP 8541

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 255.534 M⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 228.54 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1533
Distance 155.12 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.291 · percentile 56 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
228.537 days
Semi-major axis
0.9230 AU
Eccentricity
0.169
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 228.54 Earth days (62.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.9230 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.291

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 8541

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,672 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.97 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

6.840 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.009 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.950 dex

Systemic radial velocity

6.61 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
155.12 parsec
Light-years 505.94 ly
V-band magnitude
7.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,922,189 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.28.98.87B7.88V7.56Gaia6.92TESS6.01J5.46H5.29K5.21W15.17W25.26W35.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.418 mas

Total Proper Motion

119.928 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

110.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

-46.67 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.515 · y = 0.269 · z = -0.814

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 27.52720° · Dec -54.46516°

Galactic ℓ, b

285.471° · -60.629°

Ecliptic λ, β

351.472° · -58.590°

HTM-20 index

-1331570115

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