Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 202772 A b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 202772 A, located approximately 526.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 17.32 Earth radii
  • A mass of 323.23 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 3.309 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0521 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,132 K (1859 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 526.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.047
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,288,979 years

HD 202772 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
17.32 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.545 R♃
Mass
323.23 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.017 M♃
Density
0.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.047
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#99of 1771

top 5.5%

This planet

17.32R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 202772 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0017.3211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00323.23317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003,440.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 323.233 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 321.962 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.
Computed mass 323.445 M⊕ Model-computed mass (e.g. from mass-radius relation).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 202772 A

TIC

TIC 290131778

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6790773586275235200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6790773586275235200

System

HD 202772

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 17.318 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1771
Mass 323.233 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.31 d · percentile 20 / cohort 1533
Distance 161.50 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.047 · percentile 3 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.309 days
Semi-major axis
0.0521 AU
Eccentricity
0.038
Inclination
84.51 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.31 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0521 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.376 %

Duration

5.630 h

Impact parameter b

0.403

Rp / R★

0.061280

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,338.6105

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,755 ppm lasting ≈ 5.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.061280

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.330

Impact parameter (b)

0.403

RV semi-amplitude (K)

96.400 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,338.6105

Long. of periastron (ω)

98.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.32200

Eq. Temperature

2,132K

(1859 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3,440.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.047

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wang et al. 2019

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2019-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 202772 A

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,272 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.591 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.720 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.848 dex

Stellar density

0.140 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-17.71 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
161.50 parsec
Light-years 526.74 ly
V-band magnitude
8.32 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,288,979 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.98.88.85B8.32V8.23Gaia7.88TESS7.23J7.05H6.96K6.88W16.94W26.95W37.12W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.166 mas

Total Proper Motion

62.070 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

23.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

-57.56 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.682 · y = -0.578 · z = -0.448

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 319.69959° · Dec -26.61637°

Galactic ℓ, b

20.762° · -42.950°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.888° · -10.430°

HTM-20 index

-593347022

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