Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 221585 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 221585, located approximately 182.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 511.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.81 g
  • An orbital period of 1,173.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.3060 AU
  • Distance from Earth 182.17 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.348
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,212,560 years

HD 221585 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
511.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.610 M♃
Density
1.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.348
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#671of 1771

top 37.8%

This planet

13.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 221585 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00511.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.812.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 511.706 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 221585

HIP

HIP 116221

TIC

TIC 270730826

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2016655237613545728

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2016655237613545728

System

HD 221585

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.500 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1771
Mass 511.706 M⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,173.00 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1533
Distance 55.85 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.348 · percentile 70 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,173.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.3060 AU
Eccentricity
0.123
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.21 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.3060 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.348

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

D Iacute Az et al. 2016

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2016-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 221585

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,620 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.851 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.050 dex

Stellar density

0.216 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

6.43 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.70 km/s

Rotation period

33.30 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
55.85 parsec
Light-years 182.17 ly
V-band magnitude
7.46 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,212,560 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.88.28.20B7.46V7.28Gaia6.81TESS6.16J5.84H5.78K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

17.875 mas

Total Proper Motion

440.224 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

439.15 mas/yr

PM Declination

30.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.448 · y = -0.053 · z = 0.892

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 353.22938° · Dec 63.15561°

Galactic ℓ, b

114.203° · 1.622°

Ecliptic λ, β

34.311° · 57.118°

HTM-20 index

-908961445

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