Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HIP 54597 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 54597, located approximately 129.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 762.79 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.31 g
  • An orbital period of 3,274.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 4.0000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 129.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.379
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,285,917 years

HIP 54597 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
762.79 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.400 M♃
Density
1.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.379
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 54597 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00762.79317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.010.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 762.788 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 639.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 54597

TIC

TIC 20375215

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5452634262730082176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5452634262730082176

System

HIP 54597

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 762.788 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3,274.00 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1533
Distance 39.74 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.379 · percentile 79 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3,274.000 days
Semi-major axis
4.0000 AU
Eccentricity
0.030
Inclination
116.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 8.96 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 4.0000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

0.01

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.379

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Frensch et al. 2023

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2023-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 54597

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,799 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.660 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.430 dex

Stellar density

3.528 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

0.50 km/s

Rotation period

45.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.040

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
39.74 parsec
Light-years 129.62 ly
V-band magnitude
9.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,285,917 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.110.910.85B9.83V9.48Gaia8.84TESS7.92J7.41H7.28K7.12W17.30W27.26W37.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

25.133 mas

Total Proper Motion

75.570 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.95 mas/yr

PM Declination

-74.91 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.851 · y = 0.187 · z = -0.491

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 167.60822° · Dec -29.41430°

Galactic ℓ, b

277.917° · 28.505°

Ecliptic λ, β

181.602° · -31.665°

HTM-20 index

1144996876

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