Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 18143 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 18143, located approximately 73.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,177.65 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 20.34 g
  • An orbital period of 28,982.418 days
  • Semi-major axis 17.5300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 73.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.384
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,295,544 years

1 sibling around HD 18143

HD 18143 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 18143 b Sub-Neptune 3.28 10.81 10.285 2022
HD 18143 c this Gas Giant 12.50 3,177.65 28,982.418 2022

HD 18143 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
3,177.65 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
9.998 M♃
Density
8.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
20.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.384
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 18143 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,177.65317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0020.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,177.648 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 18143

HIP

HIP 13642 A

TIC

TIC 436933294

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 116037204451525376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 116037204451525376

System

HIP 13642 A

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,177.648 M⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 28,982.42 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1533
Distance 22.52 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.384 · percentile 81 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
28,982.418 days
Semi-major axis
17.5300 AU
Eccentricity
0.194
Inclination
35.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 79.35 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 17.5300 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.384

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 18143

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,078 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.850 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

1.675 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

32.50 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.52 parsec
Light-years 73.46 ly
V-band magnitude
7.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,295,544 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.48.58.47B7.52V7.33Gaia6.78TESS5.95J5.55H5.43K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

44.368 mas

Total Proper Motion

327.655 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

264.47 mas/yr

PM Declination

-193.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.643 · y = 0.619 · z = 0.452

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 43.91402° · Dec 26.87238°

Galactic ℓ, b

154.438° · -28.294°

Ecliptic λ, β

49.309° · 9.707°

HTM-20 index

69215439

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