Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 457 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 457, located approximately 179.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8,445.34 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 59.64 g
  • An orbital period of 20,324.582 days
  • Semi-major axis 15.3690 AU
  • Distance from Earth 179.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.257
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,165,625 years

HD 457 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.070 R♃
Mass
8,445.34 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
26.572 M♃
Density
27.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
59.64 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.257
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1526of 1771

top 86.1%

This planet

11.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 457 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008,445.34317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5127.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0059.642.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8,445.336 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 457

TIC

TIC 120506209

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4996584567835662848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4996584567835662848

System

HD 457

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.900 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1771
Mass 8,445.336 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 20,324.58 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1533
Distance 55.04 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.257 · percentile 47 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20,324.582 days
Semi-major axis
15.3690 AU
Eccentricity
0.565
Inclination
62.59 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 55.65 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 15.3690 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.257

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 457

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,114 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.282 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.283 dex

Stellar density

0.770 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
55.04 parsec
Light-years 179.51 ly
V-band magnitude
7.72 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,165,625 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.38.38.26B7.72V7.58Gaia7.18TESS6.67J6.41H6.34K6.31W16.26W26.35W36.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.141 mas

Total Proper Motion

114.488 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

112.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.768 · y = 0.030 · z = -0.639

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 2.24929° · Dec -39.73724°

Galactic ℓ, b

335.195° · -74.619°

Ecliptic λ, β

343.566° · -36.764°

HTM-20 index

-1533956738

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