Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 29985 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 29985, located approximately 102.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,739.47 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.62 g
  • An orbital period of 20,608.140 days
  • Semi-major axis 13.3900 AU
  • Distance from Earth 101.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.435
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,798,616 years

HD 29985 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,739.47 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.473 M♃
Density
4.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.62 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.435
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
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 29985 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,739.47317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.622.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,739.475 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 29985

HIP

HIP 21865

TIC

TIC 170867837

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4868261081155110400

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4868261081155110400

System

HD 29985

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,739.475 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 20,608.14 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1533
Distance 31.27 pc · percentile 8 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.435 · percentile 96 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20,608.140 days
Semi-major axis
13.3900 AU
Eccentricity
0.261
Inclination
52.66 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 56.42 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 13.3900 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.435

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

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 29985

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,678 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.575 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.750 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.794 dex

Stellar density

5.572 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
31.27 parsec
Light-years 101.99 ly
V-band magnitude
9.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,798,616 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

7.011.111.13B9.98V9.47Gaia8.73TESS7.71J7.10H6.97K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

31.950 mas

Total Proper Motion

295.521 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-37.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-293.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.277 · y = 0.782 · z = -0.558

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 70.52166° · Dec -33.92107°

Galactic ℓ, b

235.700° · -40.504°

Ecliptic λ, β

60.830° · -55.405°

HTM-20 index

-368189536

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