Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HIP 35965 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 35965, located approximately 163.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,589.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 16.31 g
  • An orbital period of 26,125.565 days
  • Semi-major axis 15.8980 AU
  • Distance from Earth 163.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.412
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,885,526 years

HIP 35965 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,589.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
8.149 M♃
Density
7.11 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
16.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.412
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1179of 1771

top 66.5%

This planet

12.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 35965 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,589.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.111.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0016.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,589.984 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 35965

TIC

TIC 291466351

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5493625121366825984

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5493625121366825984

System

HIP 35965

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,589.984 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 26,125.56 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1533
Distance 50.17 pc · percentile 19 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.412 · percentile 89 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
26,125.565 days
Semi-major axis
15.8980 AU
Eccentricity
0.138
Inclination
43.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 71.53 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 15.8980 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.412

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 35965

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,836 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.698 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.780 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
50.17 parsec
Light-years 163.62 ly
V-band magnitude
10.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,885,526 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

7.711.111.08B10.18V9.88Gaia9.28TESS8.37J7.88H7.71K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

19.904 mas

Total Proper Motion

433.447 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

183.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

392.63 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.226 · y = 0.583 · z = -0.781

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 111.20252° · Dec -51.32575°

Galactic ℓ, b

262.906° · -15.980°

Ecliptic λ, β

135.255° · -71.447°

HTM-20 index

151150216

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