Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 204313 e

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 204313, located approximately 155.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,868.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 32.71 g
  • An orbital period of 7,325.647 days
  • Semi-major axis 7.4570 AU
  • Distance from Earth 155.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.325
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,749,025 years

2 siblings around HD 204313

HD 204313 e shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 204313 c Neptune-like 4.31 17.16 34.959 2015
HD 204313 b Gas Giant 12.90 1,466.78 2,041.115 2010
HD 204313 e this Gas Giant 12.20 4,868.18 7,325.647 2022

HD 204313 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.090 R♃
Mass
4,868.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
15.317 M♃
Density
14.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
32.71 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.325
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1410of 1771

top 79.6%

This planet

12.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 204313 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,868.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5114.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0032.712.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,868.178 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 5,085.255 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 204313

HIP

HIP 106006

TIC

TIC 99734092

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6828450688663428224

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6828450688663428224

System

HD 204313

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.200 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,868.178 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 7,325.65 d · percentile 94 / cohort 1533
Distance 47.79 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.325 · percentile 64 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7,325.647 days
Semi-major axis
7.4570 AU
Eccentricity
0.253
Inclination
176.09 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 20.06 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 7.4570 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.325

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 204313

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,767 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.38 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.100 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

1.015 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.74 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
47.79 parsec
Light-years 155.88 ly
V-band magnitude
7.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,749,025 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.48.68.59B7.99V7.83Gaia7.39TESS6.81J6.54H6.46K6.45W16.43W26.43W36.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

20.894 mas

Total Proper Motion

273.881 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

42.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

-270.52 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.733 · y = -0.571 · z = -0.370

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 322.05106° · Dec -21.72742°

Galactic ℓ, b

28.026° · -43.729°

Ecliptic λ, β

317.490° · -6.454°

HTM-20 index

-522785699

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Archive notes

1

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