Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HIP 114933 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 114933, located approximately 331.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 616.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.43 g
  • An orbital period of 1,481.600 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.8400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 331.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.363
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,853,337 years

HIP 114933 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
616.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.940 M♃
Density
1.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.43 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.363
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 114933 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00616.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.432.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 616.587 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 219553

HIP

HIP 114933

TIC

TIC 9007224

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2386410312150368256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2386410312150368256

System

HIP 114933

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 616.587 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,481.60 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1533
Distance 101.77 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.363 · percentile 74 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,481.600 days
Semi-major axis
2.8400 AU
Eccentricity
0.210
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 4.06 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.8400 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.363

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Jones et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 114933

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,823 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

5.270 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.390 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.990 dex

Rotational v·sin i

3.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
101.77 parsec
Light-years 331.92 ly
V-band magnitude
7.25 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,853,337 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.78.28.24B7.25V6.98Gaia6.38TESS5.56J5.05H4.91K4.90W14.68W24.89W34.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.798 mas

Total Proper Motion

53.856 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

19.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-50.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.916 · y = -0.175 · z = -0.362

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 349.20719° · Dec -21.20331°

Galactic ℓ, b

43.164° · -67.662°

Ecliptic λ, β

341.630° · -15.212°

HTM-20 index

-87889499

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