Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 167677 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 167677, located approximately 177.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 905.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 5.20 g
  • An orbital period of 1,820.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.8770 AU
  • Distance from Earth 177.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.392
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,124,690 years

HD 167677 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
905.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.850 M♃
Density
2.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
5.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.392
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Facilities
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#847of 1771

top 47.8%

This planet

13.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 167677 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00905.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.005.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 905.811 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 435.107 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 167677

HIP

HIP 89583

TIC

TIC 13894108

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4153949058525858048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4153949058525858048

System

HD 167677

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.200 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 905.811 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,820.00 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1533
Distance 54.33 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.392 · percentile 84 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,820.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.8770 AU
Eccentricity
0.182
Inclination
28.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.98 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.8770 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.392

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

Xiao et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-05

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2023 at Multiple Facilities (3 shown).

Host System: HD 167677

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,474 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.953 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.430 dex

Stellar density

1.565 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

0.70 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.980

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
54.33 parsec
Light-years 177.19 ly
V-band magnitude
8.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,124,690 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.19.69.61B8.90V8.71Gaia8.24TESS7.58J7.30H7.16K7.10W17.17W27.28W38.01W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.379 mas

Total Proper Motion

226.463 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

74.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

-213.92 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.072 · y = -0.978 · z = -0.198

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 274.20678° · Dec -11.40679°

Galactic ℓ, b

18.841° · 2.354°

Ecliptic λ, β

274.212° · 11.971°

HTM-20 index

-1743667768

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