Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 99283 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 99283, located approximately 362.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 308.29 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.62 g
  • An orbital period of 310.400 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.0800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 362.34 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.306
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,389,804 years

HD 99283 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.230 R♃
Mass
308.29 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.970 M♃
Density
0.65 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.62 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.306
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
Telescope 1.88 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#510of 1771

top 28.7%

This planet

13.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 99283 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00308.29317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.651.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.622.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 308.294 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 99283

TIC

TIC 341687229

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 844058831415683712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 844058831415683712

System

HD 99283

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.800 R⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1771
Mass 308.294 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 310.40 d · percentile 61 / cohort 1533
Distance 111.09 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.306 · percentile 60 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
310.400 days
Semi-major axis
1.0800 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 310.40 Earth days (85.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 1.0800 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.306

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Teng et al. 2021

Instrument

HIDES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2021-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 99283

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,886 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

11.210 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.760 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.570 dex

Rotational v·sin i

1.87 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
111.09 parsec
Light-years 362.34 ly
V-band magnitude
5.73 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,389,804 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

2.66.76.73B5.73V5.46Gaia4.88TESS4.25J3.72H3.57K2.65W13.17W23.41W33.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.973 mas

Total Proper Motion

86.403 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-71.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

48.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.555 · y = 0.083 · z = 0.828

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 171.48741° · Dec 55.85067°

Galactic ℓ, b

145.257° · 57.416°

Ecliptic λ, β

143.856° · 46.572°

HTM-20 index

-1108638114

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