Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 97037 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 97037, located approximately 105.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6,707.77 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 45.81 g
  • An orbital period of 6,449.083 days
  • Semi-major axis 6.9250 AU
  • Distance from Earth 105.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.286
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,864,318 years

HD 97037 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
6,707.77 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
21.105 M♃
Density
20.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
45.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.286
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1454of 1771

top 82.0%

This planet

12.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 97037 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006,707.77317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5120.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0045.812.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6,707.769 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 97037

TIC

TIC 143046056

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3784271568265259904

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3784271568265259904

System

HD 97037

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,707.769 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 6,449.08 d · percentile 94 / cohort 1533
Distance 32.41 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.286 · percentile 54 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6,449.083 days
Semi-major axis
6.9250 AU
Eccentricity
0.357
Inclination
14.56 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 17.66 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 6.9250 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.286

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 97037

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,874 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.264 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.060 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.741 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
32.41 parsec
Light-years 105.72 ly
V-band magnitude
6.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,864,318 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.38.38.26B6.82V6.64Gaia6.23TESS5.65J5.36H5.27K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

30.823 mas

Total Proper Motion

294.911 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-238.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

-173.45 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.968 · y = 0.214 · z = -0.129

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 167.55456° · Dec -7.39015°

Galactic ℓ, b

263.923° · 47.668°

Ecliptic λ, β

171.485° · -11.714°

HTM-20 index

1810758264

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