Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 190228 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 190228, located approximately 204.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,598.68 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.61 g
  • An orbital period of 1,143.599 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.4060 AU
  • Distance from Earth 204.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.429
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,607,194 years

HD 190228 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,598.68 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.030 M♃
Density
4.09 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.61 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.429
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

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 190228 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,598.68317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.091.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.612.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,598.677 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,449.298 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 190228

HIP

HIP 98714

TIC

TIC 117905020

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2029001447540053504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2029001447540053504

System

HD 190228

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,598.677 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,143.60 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1533
Distance 62.71 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.429 · percentile 94 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,143.599 days
Semi-major axis
2.4060 AU
Eccentricity
0.559
Inclination
94.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.13 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.4060 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.429

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

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 190228

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,360 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

2.587 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.415 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Distance
62.71 parsec
Light-years 204.55 ly
V-band magnitude
7.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,607,194 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.28.18.10B7.30V7.08Gaia6.58TESS5.82J5.44H5.35K5.44W15.17W25.32W35.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.916 mas

Total Proper Motion

125.377 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

104.15 mas/yr

PM Declination

-69.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.450 · y = -0.757 · z = 0.474

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 300.75373° · Dec 28.30656°

Galactic ℓ, b

65.993° · -1.406°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.682° · 47.394°

HTM-20 index

-1004426064

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