Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 99706 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HD 99706, located approximately 478.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,808.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 11.04 g
  • An orbital period of 1,278.000 days
  • Distance from Earth 478.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.436
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,432,081 years

1 sibling around HD 99706

HD 99706 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 99706 b Gas Giant 13.70 390.93 841.000 2011
HD 99706 c this Gas Giant 12.80 1,808.45 1,278.000 2018

HD 99706 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.140 R♃
Mass
1,808.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.690 M♃
Density
4.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
11.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.436
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility W. M. Keck Observatory
Telescope 10 m Keck I Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1063of 1771

top 60.0%

This planet

12.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 99706 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,808.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0011.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 1,808.453 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 99706

HIP

HIP 55994

TIC

TIC 148680230

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 784227772318969472

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 784227772318969472

System

HD 99706

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.800 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,808.453 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,278.00 d · percentile 81 / cohort 1533
Distance 146.60 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.436 · percentile 96 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,278.000 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.411
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.50 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.436

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Bryan et al. 2016

Instrument

HIRES Spectrometer

Publication

2016-04

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 99706

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,891 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

5.400 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.720 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.200 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-30.07 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.89 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
146.60 parsec
Light-years 478.14 ly
V-band magnitude
7.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,432,081 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.18.68.65B7.65V7.38Gaia6.79TESS5.92J5.47H5.34K5.23W15.15W25.31W35.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.793 mas

Total Proper Motion

98.579 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

45.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

-87.50 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.713 · y = 0.099 · z = 0.694

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 172.12616° · Dec 43.96620°

Galactic ℓ, b

162.267° · 66.297°

Ecliptic λ, β

152.783° · 36.707°

HTM-20 index

-1387733474

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