Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 206893 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 206893, located approximately 132.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.01 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8,899.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 45.33 g
  • An orbital period of 9,350.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 9.6000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,429 K (1156 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 132.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.085
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,344,320 years

1 sibling around HD 206893

HD 206893 b 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 206893 c Gas Giant 16.37 4,036.42 2,090.000 1,182 2022
HD 206893 b this Gas Giant 14.01 8,899.20 9,350.000 1,429 2021

HD 206893 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.01 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
8,899.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
28.000 M♃
Density
17.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
45.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.085
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Imaging
Facility Gemini Observatory
Telescope 8.19 m Gemini South Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#411of 1771

top 23.2%

This planet

14.01R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 206893 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008,899.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5117.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0045.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8,899.195 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 206893

TIC

TIC 155782207

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6843672087120107264

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6843672087120107264

System

HD 206893

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.011 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 8,899.195 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 9,350.00 d · percentile 95 / cohort 1533
Distance 40.76 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.085 · percentile 20 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9,350.000 days
Semi-major axis
9.6000 AU
Eccentricity
0.140
Inclination
146.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 25.60 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 9.6000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

1,429K

(1156 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.085

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Direct imaging

The planet has been imaged directly (rare).

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ward Duong et al. 2021

Instrument

Gemini Planet Imager

Publication

2021-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 206893

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,500 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.15 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.311 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.320 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

0.851 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-12.45 km/s

Distance
40.76 parsec
Light-years 132.94 ly
V-band magnitude
6.69 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,344,320 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.57.17.11B6.69V6.57Gaia6.26TESS5.87J5.69H5.59K5.57W15.45W25.63W35.48W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.506 mas

Total Proper Motion

93.776 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

93.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.812 · y = -0.541 · z = -0.221

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 326.34169° · Dec -12.78335°

Galactic ℓ, b

41.695° · -44.278°

Ecliptic λ, β

324.267° · 0.687°

HTM-20 index

770978482

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