Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2011

HD 222155 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 222155, located approximately 165.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 581.63 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.24 g
  • An orbital period of 3,999.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.1400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 165.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.359
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,910,840 years

HD 222155 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
581.63 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.830 M♃
Density
1.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.24 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.359
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 222155 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00581.63317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.242.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 581.626 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 673.800 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 222155

HIP

HIP 116616

TIC

TIC 26370518

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1943363751009454976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1943363751009454976

System

HD 222155

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 581.626 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,999.00 d · percentile 91 / cohort 1533
Distance 50.61 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.359 · percentile 73 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,999.000 days
Semi-major axis
5.1400 AU
Eccentricity
0.160
Inclination
68.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 10.95 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 5.1400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.359

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

Boisse et al. 2012

Instrument

ELODIE Spectrograph

Publication

2012-09

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2011 at Haute-Provence Observatory (2 shown).

Host System: HD 222155

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,701 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.210 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.990 dex

Stellar density

0.244 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-43.99 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
50.61 parsec
Light-years 165.06 ly
V-band magnitude
7.12 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,910,840 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.47.87.76B7.12V6.94Gaia6.50TESS5.89J5.58H5.51K5.46W15.37W25.51W35.46W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.731 mas

Total Proper Motion

227.801 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

195.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

-117.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.653 · y = -0.063 · z = 0.755

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 354.50256° · Dec 48.99602°

Galactic ℓ, b

110.730° · -12.128°

Ecliptic λ, β

20.368° · 45.840°

HTM-20 index

-1429038531

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories