Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 43197 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 43197, located approximately 203.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,500.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 15.75 g
  • An orbital period of 9,295.974 days
  • Semi-major axis 8.5400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 203.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.416
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,589,743 years

Context from the literature

HD 43197 is a star with an exoplanetary companion in the southern constellation of Canis Major. It has been given the proper name Amadioha, as selected by Nigeria during the NameExoWorlds campaign that celebrated the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Amadioha is the god of thunder in Igbo mythology. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 8.98, meaning this is a ninth magnitude star that is too dim to be visible to the naked eye. The system is located at a distance of 204 light-years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +72 km/s. It made its closest approach some 583,000 years ago when it came to within 87 light-years.

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1 sibling around HD 43197

HD 43197 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 43197 b Gas Giant 14.20 175.76 308.921 2010
HD 43197 c this Gas Giant 12.60 2,500.67 9,295.974 2022

HD 43197 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,500.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.868 M♃
Density
6.87 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
15.75 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.416
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 43197 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,500.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.516.871.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0015.752.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,500.674 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 43197

HIP

HIP 29550

TIC

TIC 37660988

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2896745747966986240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2896745747966986240

System

HD 43197

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,500.674 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 9,295.97 d · percentile 95 / cohort 1533
Distance 62.41 pc · percentile 26 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.416 · percentile 90 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9,295.974 days
Semi-major axis
8.5400 AU
Eccentricity
0.149
Inclination
11.42 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 25.45 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 8.5400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.416

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 43197

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,508 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.000 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.40

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.310 dex

Stellar density

1.120 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

72.51 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.18 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
62.41 parsec
Light-years 203.56 ly
V-band magnitude
8.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,589,743 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.19.79.71B8.98V8.77Gaia8.28TESS7.66J7.33H7.20K7.13W17.22W27.20W37.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.994 mas

Total Proper Motion

148.516 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

147.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.051 · y = 0.865 · z = -0.498

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 93.39932° · Dec -29.89719°

Galactic ℓ, b

236.815° · -20.738°

Ecliptic λ, β

94.928° · -53.278°

HTM-20 index

-938185275

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