Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 222076 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 222076, located approximately 297.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 495.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.72 g
  • An orbital period of 871.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.8300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 297.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.346
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,242,948 years

HD 222076 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
495.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.560 M♃
Density
1.11 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.346
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

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 222076 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00495.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.111.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 495.815 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 222076

HIP

HIP 116630

TIC

TIC 325178933

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6386468454774591744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6386468454774591744

System

HD 222076

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.500 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1771
Mass 495.815 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 871.00 d · percentile 75 / cohort 1533
Distance 91.15 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.346 · percentile 70 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
871.000 days
Semi-major axis
1.8300 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.38 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.8300 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.346

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wittenmyer et al. 2017

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2017-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 222076

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,806 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.100 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.310 dex

Systemic radial velocity

25.67 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
91.15 parsec
Light-years 297.30 ly
V-band magnitude
7.47 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,242,948 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.98.58.52B7.47V7.19Gaia6.59TESS5.75J5.30H5.13K5.07W14.94W25.08W35.02W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.942 mas

Total Proper Motion

88.838 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-85.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.57 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.326 · y = -0.031 · z = -0.945

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 354.53198° · Dec -70.90325°

Galactic ℓ, b

311.300° · -45.015°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.835° · -58.714°

HTM-20 index

-45613559

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