Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 220197 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 220197, located approximately 210.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.32 Earth radii
  • A mass of 63.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.73 g
  • An orbital period of 1,728.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.7290 AU
  • Distance from Earth 210.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.320
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,704,767 years

HD 220197 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.32 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.832 R♃
Mass
63.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.200 M♃
Density
0.43 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.320
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Telescope 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#55of 574

top 9.4%

This planet

9.32R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 220197 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.3211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0063.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.431.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 63.566 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 220197

HIP

HIP 115359

TIC

TIC 435199076

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2817634821194781824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2817634821194781824

System

HD 220197

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.320 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 574
Mass 63.566 M⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 574
Orbital period 1,728.00 d · percentile 99 / cohort 524
Distance 64.41 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 572
ESI 0.320 · percentile 55 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,728.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.7290 AU
Eccentricity
0.187
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.73 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.7290 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.320

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Barbato et al. 2019

Instrument

HARPS-N Spectrograph

Publication

2019-01

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2018 at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 220197

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,683 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.16 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.980 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.55

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

1.306 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-40.39 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.50 km/s

Rotation period

19.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
64.41 parsec
Light-years 210.08 ly
V-band magnitude
8.92 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,704,767 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.29.59.52B8.92V8.74Gaia8.32TESS7.70J7.36H7.35K7.19W17.32W27.31W37.21W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.497 mas

Total Proper Motion

410.098 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

407.25 mas/yr

PM Declination

-48.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.945 · y = -0.158 · z = 0.286

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 350.49469° · Dec 16.63233°

Galactic ℓ, b

93.971° · -41.155°

Ecliptic λ, β

358.098° · 18.999°

HTM-20 index

-851264719

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