Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HIP 55507 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf HIP 55507, located approximately 83.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,585.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 16.29 g
  • An orbital period of 5,138.437 days
  • Semi-major axis 5.0620 AU
  • Distance from Earth 83.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.412
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,466,084 years

HIP 55507 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
2,585.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
8.135 M♃
Density
7.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
16.29 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 55507 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,585.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0016.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,585.534 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 55507

TIC

TIC 406781410

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 788340461203094912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 788340461203094912

System

HIP 55507

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.600 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,585.534 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5,138.44 d · percentile 92 / cohort 1533
Distance 25.49 pc · percentile 6 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.412 · percentile 89 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5,138.437 days
Semi-major axis
5.0620 AU
Eccentricity
0.362
Inclination
135.02 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 14.07 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 5.0620 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 55507

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,171 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.724 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.650 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
25.49 parsec
Light-years 83.13 ly
V-band magnitude
9.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,466,084 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

6.515.014.95U11.18B9.80V9.27Gaia8.49TESS10.57Sloan g9.32Sloan r8.84Sloan i8.96Sloan z8.32Ic7.37J6.76H6.61K6.54W16.55W26.55W36.49W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

39.203 mas

Total Proper Motion

239.205 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-197.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

-134.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.674 · y = 0.112 · z = 0.730

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 170.52272° · Dec 46.90780°

Galactic ℓ, b

158.598° · 63.557°

Ecliptic λ, β

149.701° · 38.701°

HTM-20 index

-1266826271

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