Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HIP 94235 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HIP 94235, located approximately 190.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 379.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 42.11 g
  • An orbital period of 7.713 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0787 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,060 K (787 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 190.85 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.118
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,365,620 years

HIP 94235 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.268 R♃
Mass
379.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.192 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
42.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.118
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#521of 1978

top 26.3%

This planet

3.00R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 94235 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00379.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0042.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00219.280.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 379.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 94235

TIC

TIC 464646604

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6632318361397624960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6632318361397624960

System

HIP 94235

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.000 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Mass 379.000 M⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.71 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1946
Distance 58.51 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.118 · percentile 1 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.713 days
Semi-major axis
0.0787 AU
Eccentricity
0.320
Inclination
87.14 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.71 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0787 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.073 %

Duration

2.470 h

Rp / R★

0.025300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,037.8704

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 729 ppm lasting ≈ 2.47 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.025300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.700

RV semi-amplitude (K)

150.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,037.8704

Long. of periastron (ω)

17.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.34000

Eq. Temperature

1,060K

(787 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

219.28

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.118

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Zhou et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HIP 94235

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,991 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.12 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.080 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.094 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.199 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

24.40 km/s

Rotation period

2.24 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
58.51 parsec
Light-years 190.85 ly
V-band magnitude
8.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,365,620 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.78.98.94B8.31V8.16Gaia7.76TESS7.20J6.97H6.88K6.84W16.82W26.84W36.73W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

17.061 mas

Total Proper Motion

101.410 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

11.57 mas/yr

PM Declination

-100.75 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.151 · y = -0.472 · z = -0.868

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.74114° · Dec -60.27264°

Galactic ℓ, b

336.181° · -25.692°

Ecliptic λ, β

280.977° · -37.508°

HTM-20 index

-1283257462

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