Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

HIP 77900 b

A gas giant orbiting the b-type blue-white HIP 77900, located approximately 492.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6,674.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 45.59 g
  • Semi-major axis 3,319.0000 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,507 K (2234 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 492.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.043
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,677,221 years

HIP 77900 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
6,674.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
21.000 M♃
Density
20.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
45.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.043
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Imaging
Facility European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia Satellite
Telescope 1.45 m x 0.5 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1454of 1771

top 82.0%

This planet

12.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 77900 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006,674.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5120.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0045.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6,674.397 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 77900

TIC

TIC 24133681

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6233740654686482560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6233740654686482560

System

HIP 77900

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,674.397 M⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1747
Distance 150.86 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.043 · percentile 2 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
3,319.0000 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

2,507K

(2234 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.043

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Michel & Mugrauer 2024

Instrument

Gaia CCD array

Publication

2024-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HIP 77900

Spectral Class

B-type blue-white

Effective Temperature

13,646 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
150.86 parsec
Light-years 492.05 ly
V-band magnitude
6.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,677,221 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.16.46.07B6.15V6.12Gaia6.21TESS6.23J6.31H6.30K6.36W16.30W26.44W36.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.604 mas

Total Proper Motion

28.585 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-13.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-25.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.462 · y = -0.758 · z = -0.459

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 238.62539° · Dec -27.33874°

Galactic ℓ, b

345.568° · 20.004°

Ecliptic λ, β

242.232° · -6.873°

HTM-20 index

-902075453

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