Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 153557 d

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 153557, located approximately 58.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8,725.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 61.62 g
  • An orbital period of 40,654.648 days
  • Semi-major axis 21.4490 AU
  • Distance from Earth 58.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.253
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,031,935 years

2 siblings around HD 153557

HD 153557 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 153557 b Neptune-like 4.77 20.34 7.299 2022
HD 153557 c Neptune-like 4.36 17.48 15.270 2022
HD 153557 d this Gas Giant 11.90 8,725.66 40,654.648 2022

HD 153557 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.060 R♃
Mass
8,725.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
27.454 M♃
Density
28.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
61.62 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.253
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1526of 1771

top 86.1%

This planet

11.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 153557 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008,725.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5128.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0061.622.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8,725.661 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 153557

HIP

HIP 83020 A

TIC

TIC 115582979

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1408029509584967168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1408029509584967168

System

HIP 83020 A

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.900 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 8,725.661 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 40,654.65 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1533
Distance 17.94 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.253 · percentile 45 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
40,654.648 days
Semi-major axis
21.4490 AU
Eccentricity
0.152
Inclination
14.32 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 111.31 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 21.4490 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.253

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 153557

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,837 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.745 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.790 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.591 dex

Stellar density

2.692 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-7.20 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Distance
17.94 parsec
Light-years 58.52 ly
V-band magnitude
7.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,031,935 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.58.88.81B7.83V7.51Gaia6.90TESS6.01J5.56H5.46K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

55.709 mas

Total Proper Motion

308.766 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-145.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

272.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.181 · y = -0.653 · z = 0.736

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 254.47065° · Dec 47.36786°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.379° · 38.467°

Ecliptic λ, β

239.351° · 69.161°

HTM-20 index

-926956240

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