Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

HD 25723 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 25723, located approximately 374.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 794.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.49 g
  • An orbital period of 457.010 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.4900 AU
  • Distance from Earth 374.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.382
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,603,942 years

HD 25723 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
794.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.500 M♃
Density
1.86 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.49 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.382
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Lick Observatory
Telescope Coude Auxiliary Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 25723 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00794.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.861.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.492.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 794.571 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 25723

HIP

HIP 19011

TIC

TIC 136888305

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3188967248247014784

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3188967248247014784

System

HD 25723

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 794.571 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 457.01 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1533
Distance 114.82 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.382 · percentile 80 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
457.010 days
Semi-major axis
1.4900 AU
Eccentricity
0.040
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.25 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.4900 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.382

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Tala Pinto et al. 2020

Instrument

Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2020-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 25723

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,766 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.95 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

13.760 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.120 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.500 dex

Rotational v·sin i

3.66 km/s

Rotation period

190.21 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
114.82 parsec
Light-years 374.48 ly
V-band magnitude
5.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,603,942 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 10 bands

3.06.76.69B5.60V5.32Gaia4.71TESS3.69J3.12H3.04K3.00W23.15W33.10W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.683 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.059 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

15.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.471 · y = 0.854 · z = -0.221

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 61.09472° · Dec -12.79222°

Galactic ℓ, b

205.172° · -42.769°

Ecliptic λ, β

55.857° · -32.869°

HTM-20 index

1976985225

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