Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 203387 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 203387, located approximately 201.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,378.95 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 14.98 g
  • An orbital period of 2,481.072 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.0670 AU
  • Distance from Earth 201.39 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.422
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,551,580 years

1 sibling around HD 203387

HD 203387 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 203387 b Gas Giant 13.10 1,106.04 512.535 2022
HD 203387 c this Gas Giant 12.60 2,378.95 2,481.072 2022

HD 203387 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.130 R♃
Mass
2,378.95 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.485 M♃
Density
6.53 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
14.98 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.422
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 203387 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,378.95317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.531.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0014.982.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,378.946 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 203387

TIC

TIC 288329878

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6835905927255271424

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6835905927256722688

System

HD 203387

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,378.946 M⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,481.07 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1533
Distance 61.75 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.422 · percentile 92 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,481.072 days
Semi-major axis
5.0670 AU
Eccentricity
0.202
Inclination
158.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.79 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 5.0670 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.422

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 203387

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,174 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

10.585 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.817 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Distance
61.75 parsec
Light-years 201.39 ly
V-band magnitude
4.28 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,551,580 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

0.55.25.17B4.28V4.06Gaia3.51TESS2.67J2.22H2.21K0.47W10.47W22.26W32.19W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

16.177 mas

Total Proper Motion

31.063 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

30.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.739 · y = -0.608 · z = -0.290

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 320.56178° · Dec -16.83452°

Galactic ℓ, b

33.625° · -40.769°

Ecliptic λ, β

317.678° · -1.367°

HTM-20 index

-1733282788

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