Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2005

HD 142022 A b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 142022 A, located approximately 111.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,433.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 8.61 g
  • An orbital period of 1,928.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.9300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 111.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.424
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,971,715 years

Context from the literature

HD 142022 Ab is an exoplanet discovered by the radial velocity method by Eggenberger et al. in 2005, after finding that HD 142022 A is wobbling which indicated the presence of a massive planet, with a minimum mass 4.5 times Jupiter. It has a relatively wide separation between the planet and the star of nearly 3 AU, and takes 1928 days or 5.28 years to revolve. As is common for long-period planets, it has a relatively high eccentricity of 53±20%. In 2023, the inclination and true mass of HD 142022 Ab were determined via astrometry.

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HD 142022 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,433.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.510 M♃
Density
3.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
8.61 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.424
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2005
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 1.2 m Leonhard Euler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1011of 1771

top 57.0%

This planet

12.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 142022 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,433.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.008.612.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,433.406 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,411.165 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 142022 A

HIP

HIP 79242

TIC

TIC 290493086

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5768159705804908800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5768159705804908800

System

HD 142022

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,433.406 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,928.00 d · percentile 85 / cohort 1533
Distance 34.28 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.424 · percentile 92 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,928.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.9300 AU
Eccentricity
0.530
Inclination
71.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 5.28 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.9300 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.424

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

Eggenberger et al. 2006

Instrument

CORALIE Spectrograph

Publication

2006-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 142022 A

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,421 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.040 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

1.218 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
34.28 parsec
Light-years 111.81 ly
V-band magnitude
7.70 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,971,715 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.88.58.49B7.70V7.51Gaia7.03TESS6.82Ic6.38J6.10H5.96K5.84W15.88W25.97W35.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

29.142 mas

Total Proper Motion

338.496 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-337.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

-31.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.046 · y = -0.089 · z = -0.995

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 242.54817° · Dec -84.23175°

Galactic ℓ, b

307.719° · -23.316°

Ecliptic λ, β

264.455° · -61.325°

HTM-20 index

-1847580399

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

2

Archive notes

5

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