Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 13.70 Earth radii
A mass of 362.33 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.93 g
An orbital period of 514.000 days
Semi-major axis 1.2400 AU
Distance from Earth 1,291.85 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.320
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,781,689 years

HD 96992 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

13.70 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.220 R♃

Mass

362.33 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

1.140 M♃

Density

0.77 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.320

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021

Method Radial Velocity

Facility Multiple Observatories

Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#554of 1771

top 31.2%

This planet

13.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 148164 b 13.70 R⊕ HD 114783 b 13.70 R⊕ HD 159243 b 13.70 R⊕

Metric	Earth	HD 96992 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	13.70	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	362.33	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	0.77	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.93	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i)	362.326 M⊕	Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD 96992

HIP

HIP 54595

TIC

TIC 88704251

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 779018698542966272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 779018698542966272

System

HD 96992

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.700 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1771

Mass 362.326 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 514.00 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1533

Distance 396.08 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.320 · percentile 63 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

514.000 days

Semi-major axis

1.2400 AU

Eccentricity

0.410

Inclination

— °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.41 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 1.2400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.320

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Niedzielski et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2021 at Multiple Observatories (12 shown).

L 98-59 e · Super-Earth GJ 393 b · Rocky Terrestrial HD 168009 b · Sub-Neptune HD 164922 e · Sub-Neptune HD 95735 c · Sub-Neptune HD 141004 b · Sub-Neptune HD 107148 c · Neptune-like TOI-178 f · Sub-Neptune TYC 0434-04538-1 b · Gas Giant HIP 56640 b · Gas Giant HD 137496 c · Gas Giant HD 156668 c · Neptune-like

Host System: HD 96992

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,725 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

7.430 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.45

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.760 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-36.62 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.90 km/s

Rotation period

198.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

396.08 parsec

Light-years 1,291.85 ly

V-band magnitude

8.57 mag

Voyager-speed travel 22,781,689 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.499 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.265 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-39.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.704 · y = 0.155 · z = 0.694

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 167.59662° · Dec 43.91899°

Galactic ℓ, b

166.757° · 63.644°

Ecliptic λ, β

149.287° · 35.090°

HTM-20 index

-344634709

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HD 114783 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 13.70 R⊕ · 68.7 ly

HD 208897 b

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Radius 13.70 R⊕ · 220.1 ly

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