Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 25912 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 25912, located approximately 160.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5,252.75 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 35.29 g
  • An orbital period of 26,308.656 days
  • Semi-major axis 17.8480 AU
  • Distance from Earth 160.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.316
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,827,916 years

1 sibling around HD 25912

HD 25912 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 25912 b Neptune-like 6.90 38.14 41.832 2022
HD 25912 c this Gas Giant 12.20 5,252.75 26,308.656 2022

HD 25912 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.090 R♃
Mass
5,252.75 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
16.527 M♃
Density
15.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
35.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.316
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1410of 1771

top 79.6%

This planet

12.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 25912 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005,252.75317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5115.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0035.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5,252.750 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 25912

TIC

TIC 237356930

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4828528063821835648

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4828528063821835648

System

HD 25912

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.200 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1771
Mass 5,252.750 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 26,308.66 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1533
Distance 49.17 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.316 · percentile 62 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
26,308.656 days
Semi-major axis
17.8480 AU
Eccentricity
0.051
Inclination
88.33 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 72.03 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 17.8480 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.316

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 25912

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,921 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.996 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.475 dex

Stellar density

1.542 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
49.17 parsec
Light-years 160.36 ly
V-band magnitude
8.20 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,827,916 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.68.88.80B8.20V8.03Gaia7.60TESS7.02J6.78H6.71K6.62W16.63W26.67W36.61W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

20.310 mas

Total Proper Motion

169.348 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-68.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

-154.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.300 · y = 0.539 · z = -0.787

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 60.90750° · Dec -51.93151°

Galactic ℓ, b

261.122° · -46.539°

Ecliptic λ, β

31.143° · -69.494°

HTM-20 index

-1322754940

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