Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 136118 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 136118, located approximately 167.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,164.19 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 27.52 g
  • An orbital period of 1,187.598 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.3270 AU
  • Distance from Earth 167.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.346
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,958,470 years

HD 136118 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
4,164.19 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
13.102 M♃
Density
12.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
27.52 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.346
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1349of 1771

top 76.1%

This planet

12.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 136118 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,164.19317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5112.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0027.522.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,164.188 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 3,775.801 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 136118

HIP

HIP 74948

TIC

TIC 38991680

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4415515934099120768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4415515934099120768

System

HD 136118

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.300 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,164.188 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,187.60 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1533
Distance 51.44 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.346 · percentile 70 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,187.598 days
Semi-major axis
2.3270 AU
Eccentricity
0.344
Inclination
116.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.25 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.3270 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.346

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 136118

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,097 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.678 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.180 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.053 dex

Stellar density

0.352 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
51.44 parsec
Light-years 167.76 ly
V-band magnitude
6.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,958,470 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.57.57.46B6.95V6.80Gaia6.43TESS5.94J5.69H5.60K5.62W15.47W25.65W35.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.413 mas

Total Proper Motion

125.781 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-123.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

22.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.646 · y = -0.763 · z = -0.028

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 229.73060° · Dec -1.59229°

Galactic ℓ, b

359.941° · 44.350°

Ecliptic λ, β

227.726° · 16.135°

HTM-20 index

-1523458835

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