Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2005

HD 164922 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 164922, located approximately 71.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 116.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.66 g
  • An orbital period of 1,207.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.1600 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 159 K (-114 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 71.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.222
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,265,479 years

3 siblings around HD 164922

HD 164922 b shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 164922 d Super-Earth 1.83 4.00 12.458 2020
HD 164922 e Sub-Neptune 3.23 10.52 41.763 2021
HD 164922 c Sub-Neptune 3.66 13.00 75.740 401 2016
HD 164922 b this Gas Giant 13.30 116.00 1,207.000 159 2005

HD 164922 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.190 R♃
Mass
116.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.365 M♃
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.222
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2005
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 164922 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00116.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.160.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 116.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 164922

HIP

HIP 88348

TIC

TIC 159019691

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4582680493669880704

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4582680493669880704

System

HD 164922

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 116.000 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,207.00 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1533
Distance 22.00 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.222 · percentile 41 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,207.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.1600 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.30 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 2.1600 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

454.900

RV semi-amplitude (K)

6.700 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,743.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

116.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

98.20000

Eq. Temperature

159K

(-114 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.16

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.222

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Beyond the outer HZ boundary (too cold) — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Butler et al. 2006

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2006-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 164922

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,390 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.58 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.946 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.926 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.320 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

20.36 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

42.30 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.050

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.00 parsec
Light-years 71.76 ly
V-band magnitude
7.01 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,265,479 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.07.87.81B7.01V6.79Gaia6.28TESS5.55J5.20H5.11K5.12W15.02W25.16W35.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

45.422 mas

Total Proper Motion

717.364 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

389.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

-602.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.010 · y = -0.896 · z = 0.443

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 270.63047° · Dec 26.31041°

Galactic ℓ, b

52.296° · 21.783°

Ecliptic λ, β

270.871° · 49.748°

HTM-20 index

-1181639783

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

6

Archive notes

2

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