Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 191939 e

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 191939, located approximately 174.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 112.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.66 g
  • An orbital period of 101.120 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4070 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 390 K (117 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 174.85 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.287
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,083,456 years

5 siblings around HD 191939

HD 191939 e shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 191939 b Sub-Neptune 3.41 10.00 8.880 880 2020
HD 191939 c Sub-Neptune 3.20 8.00 28.580 600 2020
HD 191939 d Sub-Neptune 3.00 2.80 38.353 540 2020
HD 191939 e this Gas Giant 13.00 112.20 101.120 390 2022
HD 191939 g Sub-Neptune 3.74 13.50 284.000 278 2022
HD 191939 f Gas Giant 13.20 915.35 2,898.000 125 2022

HD 191939 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.160 R♃
Mass
112.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.353 M♃
Density
0.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.287
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#960of 1771

top 54.2%

This planet

13.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 191939 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00112.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.900.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 112.200 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 191939

HIP

HIP 99175

TIC

TIC 269701147

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2248126315275354496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2248126315275354496

System

HD 191939

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.000 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1771
Mass 112.200 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 101.12 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1533
Distance 53.61 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.287 · percentile 54 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
101.120 days
Semi-major axis
0.4070 AU
Eccentricity
0.031
Inclination
88.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 101.12 Earth days (27.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4070 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

92.900

RV semi-amplitude (K)

17.730 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,348.1200

Long. of periastron (ω)

-130.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

7.59000

Eq. Temperature

390K

(117 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.287

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lubin et al. 2022

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2022 at W. M. Keck Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 191939

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,348 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

1.370 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.50 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.110

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
53.61 parsec
Light-years 174.85 ly
V-band magnitude
8.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,083,456 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.09.79.72B8.97V8.77Gaia8.29TESS7.60J7.22H7.18K7.04W17.18W27.18W37.10W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.625 mas

Total Proper Motion

163.283 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

150.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

-63.91 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.208 · y = -0.333 · z = 0.919

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 302.02562° · Dec 66.85030°

Galactic ℓ, b

99.987° · 17.722°

Ecliptic λ, β

16.039° · 77.471°

HTM-20 index

-1738980752

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