Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 205158 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 205158, located approximately 282.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 124.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.64 g
  • An orbital period of 25.338 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1770 AU
  • Distance from Earth 282.50 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.245
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,981,939 years

HD 205158 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
124.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.392 M♃
Density
0.26 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.64 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.245
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#456of 1771

top 25.7%

This planet

13.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 205158 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00124.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.261.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.642.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 124.589 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 205158

TIC

TIC 316830331

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6458219559945150336

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6458219559946927872

System

HD 205158

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 124.589 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 25.34 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1533
Distance 86.62 pc · percentile 32 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.245 · percentile 43 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.338 days
Semi-major axis
0.1770 AU
Eccentricity
0.145
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.34 Earth days (6.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1770 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.245

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 205158

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,134 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.877 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.160 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
86.62 parsec
Light-years 282.50 ly
V-band magnitude
7.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,981,939 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.38.48.43B7.84V7.72Gaia7.33TESS6.80J6.51H6.46K6.41W16.37W26.44W36.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

11.517 mas

Total Proper Motion

35.294 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-23.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

-26.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.408 · y = -0.297 · z = -0.863

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 323.91862° · Dec -59.69331°

Galactic ℓ, b

334.585° · -43.524°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.500° · -42.367°

HTM-20 index

1225574280

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