Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HIP 74890 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 74890, located approximately 256.5 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 822.300 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.1000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 256.54 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.379
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,524,116 years

HIP 74890 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 Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

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 74890 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⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 762.792 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 135760

HIP

HIP 74890

TIC

TIC 148153804

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6004107513791584512

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6004107513791584512

System

HIP 74890

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 762.792 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 822.30 d · percentile 74 / cohort 1533
Distance 78.66 pc · percentile 30 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.379 · percentile 79 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
822.300 days
Semi-major axis
2.1000 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.25 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 2.1000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.379

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Jones et al. 2016

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 74890

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,850 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

5.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.740 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.100 dex

Systemic radial velocity

0.21 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
78.66 parsec
Light-years 256.54 ly
V-band magnitude
7.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,524,116 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.58.18.06B7.05V6.75Gaia6.14TESS5.29J4.81H4.64K4.63W14.50W24.61W34.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.685 mas

Total Proper Motion

173.762 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-123.92 mas/yr

PM Declination

-121.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.486 · y = -0.571 · z = -0.662

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 229.57150° · Dec -41.42110°

Galactic ℓ, b

330.383° · 13.493°

Ecliptic λ, β

238.280° · -22.330°

HTM-20 index

1805190388

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