Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

HD 222237 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 222237, located approximately 37.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,649.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.07 g
  • An orbital period of 14,892.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 10.8000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 37.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.433
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 658,398 years

HD 222237 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,649.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.190 M♃
Density
4.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.433
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1063of 1771

top 60.0%

This planet

12.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 222237 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,649.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,649.529 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 222237

HIP

HIP 116745

TIC

TIC 277913391

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6380214844952702848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6380214844952702848

System

HD 222237

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,649.529 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 14,892.00 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1533
Distance 11.45 pc · percentile 1 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.433 · percentile 95 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14,892.000 days
Semi-major axis
10.8000 AU
Eccentricity
0.560
Inclination
49.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 40.77 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 10.8000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.433

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

Xiao et al. 2024

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2024-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 222237

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,751 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.710 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.760 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.32

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.610 dex

Stellar density

3.001 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

69.20 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.40 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.860

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
11.45 parsec
Light-years 37.33 ly
V-band magnitude
7.09 mag
Voyager-speed travel 658,398 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

4.68.18.10B7.09V6.74Gaia6.11TESS5.98Ic5.25J4.75H4.58K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

87.331 mas

Total Proper Motion

750.678 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

143.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-736.78 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.296 · y = -0.026 · z = -0.955

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 354.90786° · Dec -72.72533°

Galactic ℓ, b

310.166° · -43.380°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.204° · -59.953°

HTM-20 index

-1535602887

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