Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 74698 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 74698, located approximately 169.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 126.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.64 g
  • An orbital period of 3,449.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.5000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 169.81 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.243
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,994,643 years

1 sibling around HD 74698

HD 74698 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 74698 b Neptune-like 5.12 23.00 15.017 2023
HD 74698 c this Gas Giant 14.00 126.00 3,449.000 2023

HD 74698 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
126.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.400 M♃
Density
0.25 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.64 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.243
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 74698 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00126.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.251.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.642.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.090.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 126.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 74698

HIP

HIP 42532

TIC

TIC 308087983

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5220639164696365312

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5220639164696365312

System

HD 74698

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 126.000 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,449.00 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1533
Distance 52.06 pc · percentile 21 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.243 · percentile 42 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,449.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.5000 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 9.44 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 4.5000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

0.09

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.243

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Frensch et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2023-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 74698

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,783 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.85 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.333 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.039 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.120 dex

Stellar density

0.637 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Rotation period

30.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.030

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
52.06 parsec
Light-years 169.81 ly
V-band magnitude
7.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,994,643 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.18.48.44B7.78V7.61Gaia7.18TESS6.60J6.31H6.23K6.20W16.15W26.23W36.15W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.178 mas

Total Proper Motion

122.539 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

106.12 mas/yr

PM Declination

61.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.200 · y = 0.238 · z = -0.950

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 130.07448° · Dec -71.87687°

Galactic ℓ, b

286.036° · -17.864°

Ecliptic λ, β

218.561° · -75.161°

HTM-20 index

419951934

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