Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 83443 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 83443, located approximately 133.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 476.74 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.58 g
  • An orbital period of 8,241.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 8.0000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 133.39 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.341
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,352,418 years

1 sibling around HD 83443

HD 83443 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 83443 b Gas Giant 14.10 127.77 2.986 2002
HD 83443 c this Gas Giant 13.60 476.74 8,241.000 2022

HD 83443 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
476.74 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.500 M♃
Density
1.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.58 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.341
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#609of 1771

top 34.3%

This planet

13.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 83443 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00476.74317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.582.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 476.743 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 429.068 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 83443

HIP

HIP 47202

TIC

TIC 32820141

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5424836719001215360

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5424836719001215360

System

HD 83443

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.600 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 476.743 M⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 8,241.00 d · percentile 95 / cohort 1533
Distance 40.90 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.341 · percentile 68 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8,241.000 days
Semi-major axis
8.0000 AU
Eccentricity
0.760
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 22.56 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 8.0000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.341

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Errico et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 83443

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,442 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.64 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.390 dex

Stellar density

1.320 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

28.89 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.30 km/s

Rotation period

35.30 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.840

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
40.90 parsec
Light-years 133.39 ly
V-band magnitude
8.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,352,418 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.49.19.05B8.23V8.03Gaia7.54TESS6.88J6.59H6.44K6.45W16.39W26.46W36.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.422 mas

Total Proper Motion

122.134 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

21.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-120.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.591 · y = 0.425 · z = -0.685

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 144.29941° · Dec -43.27272°

Galactic ℓ, b

269.596° · 6.679°

Ecliptic λ, β

168.789° · -52.932°

HTM-20 index

280604857

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

5

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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