Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

HIP 97233 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange HIP 97233, located approximately 333.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6,098.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 41.65 g
  • An orbital period of 1,062.265 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.4910 AU
  • Distance from Earth 333.58 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.297
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,882,613 years

HIP 97233 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
6,098.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
19.187 M♃
Density
18.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
41.65 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.297
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

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 97233 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006,098.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5118.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0041.652.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6,098.174 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 6,356.300 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 186641

HIP

HIP 97233

TIC

TIC 251662732

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4238527753544691712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4238527753544691712

System

HIP 97233

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.100 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1771
Mass 6,098.174 M⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,062.27 d · percentile 78 / cohort 1533
Distance 102.28 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.297 · percentile 57 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,062.265 days
Semi-major axis
2.4910 AU
Eccentricity
0.630
Inclination
86.08 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.91 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.4910 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.297

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Jones et al. 2015

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2015-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 97233

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,020 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

5.340 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.260 dex

Systemic radial velocity

-63.46 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
102.28 parsec
Light-years 333.58 ly
V-band magnitude
7.34 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,882,613 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.98.98.89B7.34V7.07Gaia6.49TESS5.67J5.23H5.09K5.07W14.93W25.07W35.02W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.749 mas

Total Proper Motion

63.569 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

33.15 mas/yr

PM Declination

-54.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.445 · y = -0.895 · z = -0.012

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.42212° · Dec -0.69688°

Galactic ℓ, b

38.578° · -12.371°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.294° · 20.184°

HTM-20 index

-1182838133

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