Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 115404 A c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 115404 A, located approximately 35.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,279.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 20.99 g
  • An orbital period of 15,319.225 days
  • Semi-major axis 11.3640 AU
  • Distance from Earth 35.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.380
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 631,635 years

1 sibling around HD 115404 A

HD 115404 A 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 115404 A b Neptune-like 6.09 30.83 10.495 2022
HD 115404 A c this Gas Giant 12.50 3,279.67 15,319.225 2022

HD 115404 A c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
3,279.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
10.319 M♃
Density
9.23 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
20.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.380
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 HD 115404 A c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,279.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.519.231.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0020.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,279.671 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 115404 A

HIP

HIP 64797 A

TIC

TIC 373765355

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3936909723803146368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3936909723803146368

System

HIP 64797 A

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,279.671 M⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 15,319.23 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1533
Distance 10.98 pc · percentile 1 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.380 · percentile 79 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15,319.225 days
Semi-major axis
11.3640 AU
Eccentricity
0.211
Inclination
25.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 41.94 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 11.3640 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.380

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 115404 A

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,019 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.727 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.634 dex

Stellar density

3.045 g/cm³

Rotation period

19.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
10.98 parsec
Light-years 35.82 ly
V-band magnitude
6.50 mag
Voyager-speed travel 631,635 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

4.47.57.46B6.50V6.29Gaia5.72TESS4.90J4.58H4.38K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

91.033 mas

Total Proper Motion

688.892 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

636.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-264.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.903 · y = -0.315 · z = 0.293

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 199.21558° · Dec 17.01604°

Galactic ℓ, b

334.410° · 78.303°

Ecliptic λ, β

190.802° · 23.184°

HTM-20 index

1316573270

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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