Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

HIP 107772 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf HIP 107772, located approximately 77.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 55.199 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2430 AU
  • Distance from Earth 77.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.575
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,359,912 years

HIP 107772 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.325 R♃
Mass
12.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.041 M♃
Density
1.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.575
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#120of 1978

top 6.0%

This planet

3.64R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 107772 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 12.900 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 107772

TIC

TIC 197602069

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6572326052043362304

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6572326052043362304

System

HIP 107772

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.640 R⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 1978
Mass 12.900 M⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 55.20 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1946
Distance 23.64 pc · percentile 6 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.575 · percentile 80 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
55.199 days
Semi-major axis
0.2430 AU
Eccentricity
0.180
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 55.20 Earth days (15.1% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2430 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.575

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2020

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2020-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 107772

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,006 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.514 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.630 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.735 dex

Stellar density

4.949 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-10.03 km/s

Distance
23.64 parsec
Light-years 77.11 ly
V-band magnitude
10.56 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,359,912 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.911.911.87B10.56V9.93Gaia9.10TESS7.94J7.30H7.14K6.95W16.98W26.93W36.87W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

42.266 mas

Total Proper Motion

337.807 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-244.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

232.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.634 · y = -0.404 · z = -0.659

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 327.49771° · Dec -41.24404°

Galactic ℓ, b

0.053° · -50.426°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.051° · -26.369°

HTM-20 index

135661755

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