Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

HD 220689 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 220689, located approximately 152.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 381.39 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.03 g
  • An orbital period of 2,266.400 days
  • Semi-major axis 3.3960 AU
  • Distance from Earth 152.89 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.323
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,696,299 years

HD 220689 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.220 R♃
Mass
381.39 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.200 M♃
Density
0.82 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.323
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 1.2 m Leonhard Euler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 220689 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00381.39317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.821.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 381.394 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 355.334 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 220689

HIP

HIP 115662

TIC

TIC 9156146

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2391838429257482496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2391838429257482496

System

HD 220689

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771
Mass 381.394 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2,266.40 d · percentile 86 / cohort 1533
Distance 46.88 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.323 · percentile 64 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,266.400 days
Semi-major axis
3.3960 AU
Eccentricity
0.054
Inclination
71.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 6.21 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 3.3960 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.323

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

Marmier et al. 2013

Instrument

CORALIE Spectrograph

Publication

2013-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 220689

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,921 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.59 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.068 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.016 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.360 dex

Stellar density

0.975 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

12.19 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.30 km/s

Rotation period

29.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
46.88 parsec
Light-years 152.89 ly
V-band magnitude
7.74 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,696,299 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.28.48.36B7.74V7.59Gaia7.19TESS6.65J6.41H6.33K6.30W16.23W26.32W36.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.303 mas

Total Proper Motion

178.189 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-15.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-177.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.926 · y = -0.139 · z = -0.352

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 351.47073° · Dec -20.61679°

Galactic ℓ, b

46.759° · -69.419°

Ecliptic λ, β

343.881° · -15.536°

HTM-20 index

1776307132

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