Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2006

HD 224693 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 224693, located approximately 305.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 222.48 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 26.690 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1910 AU
  • Distance from Earth 304.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.280
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,377,983 years

HD 224693 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
222.48 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.700 M♃
Density
0.45 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.280
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2006
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 224693 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00222.48317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.451.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 222.481 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 224693

HIP

HIP 118319

TIC

TIC 114807081

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2340155679036275200

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2340155679036275200

System

HD 224693

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 222.481 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 26.69 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1533
Distance 93.50 pc · percentile 34 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.280 · percentile 52 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
26.690 days
Semi-major axis
0.1910 AU
Eccentricity
0.104
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 26.69 Earth days (7.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1910 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.280

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Johnson et al. 2006

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2006-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 224693

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,894 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.12 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.310 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.27

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

0.233 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

1.49 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
93.50 parsec
Light-years 304.96 ly
V-band magnitude
8.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,377,983 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.68.98.85B8.23V8.09Gaia7.67TESS7.14J6.88H6.81K6.71W16.76W26.78W36.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.667 mas

Total Proper Motion

149.556 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

147.13 mas/yr

PM Declination

26.85 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.924 · y = 0.000 · z = -0.382

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 359.97498° · Dec -22.42800°

Galactic ℓ, b

52.021° · -77.402°

Ecliptic λ, β

350.650° · -20.480°

HTM-20 index

351125

Observation Record

Photometric series

2

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

3

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