Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 202696 c

A unclassified orbiting the k-type orange HD 202696, located approximately 615.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A mass of 592.44 Earth masses
  • An orbital period of 946.600 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.3420 AU
  • Distance from Earth 614.95 light-years
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,844,715 years

1 sibling around HD 202696

HD 202696 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 202696 b Unclassified 634.39 517.800 2019
HD 202696 c this Unclassified 592.44 946.600 2019

HD 202696 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
R♃
Mass
592.44 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.864 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Unclassified

ESI Score
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope
Metric Earth HD 202696 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00592.44317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 592.435 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 202696

HIP

HIP 105056

TIC

TIC 25346878

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1847742385838236416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1847742385838236416

System

HD 202696

Percentile among Unclassified cohort

Mass 592.435 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 42
Orbital period 946.60 d · percentile 77 / cohort 43
Distance 188.55 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 43

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
946.600 days
Semi-major axis
2.3420 AU
Eccentricity
0.028
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.59 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 2.3420 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Trifonov et al. 2019

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2019-03

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2019 at W. M. Keck Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 202696

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,040 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.32 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

6.430 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.110 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-33.17 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
188.55 parsec
Light-years 614.95 ly
V-band magnitude
8.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,844,715 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.88.98.93B8.23V7.96Gaia7.36TESS6.49J5.99H5.88K6.01W15.84W25.88W35.79W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.275 mas

Total Proper Motion

59.752 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

47.16 mas/yr

PM Declination

36.70 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.673 · y = -0.581 · z = 0.458

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 319.22503° · Dec 27.25828°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.083° · -15.086°

Ecliptic λ, β

332.494° · 40.628°

HTM-20 index

-208167309

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