Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 73267 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 73267, located approximately 164.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,630.78 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 9.95 g
  • An orbital period of 17,071.780 days
  • Semi-major axis 12.6880 AU
  • Distance from Earth 164.41 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.432
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,899,422 years

1 sibling around HD 73267

HD 73267 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 73267 b Gas Giant 13.00 1,321.53 1,257.992 2008
HD 73267 c this Gas Giant 12.80 1,630.78 17,071.780 2022

HD 73267 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,630.78 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.131 M♃
Density
4.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
9.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.432
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 73267 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,630.78317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.009.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,630.778 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,274.492 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 73267

HIP

HIP 42202

TIC

TIC 11749208

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5638825939745228544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5638825939745228544

System

HD 73267

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,630.778 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 17,071.78 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1533
Distance 50.41 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.432 · percentile 94 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17,071.780 days
Semi-major axis
12.6880 AU
Eccentricity
0.089
Inclination
91.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 46.74 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 12.6880 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.432

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 73267

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,387 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.14 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.909 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.447 dex

Stellar density

1.601 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

51.92 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.65 km/s

Rotation period

43.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
50.41 parsec
Light-years 164.41 ly
V-band magnitude
8.90 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,899,422 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.99.79.66B8.90V8.68Gaia8.18TESS7.49J7.13H7.06K6.88W17.04W27.02W36.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.809 mas

Total Proper Motion

162.720 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-106.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

123.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.520 · y = 0.640 · z = -0.566

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 129.07351° · Dec -34.45945°

Galactic ℓ, b

255.086° · 3.792°

Ecliptic λ, β

145.121° · -50.692°

HTM-20 index

-2054960447

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