Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HIP 99770 b

A gas giant orbiting the a-type white HIP 99770, located approximately 130.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5,403.08 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 36.30 g
  • An orbital period of 18,600.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 15.8000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 130.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.312
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,305,104 years

HIP 99770 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.090 R♃
Mass
5,403.08 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
17.000 M♃
Density
16.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
36.30 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.312
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Imaging
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1410of 1771

top 79.6%

This planet

12.20R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 99770 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005,403.08317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5116.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0036.302.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5,403.083 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 99770

TIC

TIC 10988057

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2060523518197844608

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2060523518197844608

System

HIP 99770

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.200 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1771
Mass 5,403.083 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 18,600.00 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1533
Distance 40.08 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.312 · percentile 61 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18,600.000 days
Semi-major axis
15.8000 AU
Eccentricity
0.310
Inclination
152.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 50.92 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 15.8000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.312

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Detection Signatures

Astrometry

Positional wobble of the host star was measured.

Direct imaging

The planet has been imaged directly (rare).

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Currie et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-11

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Host System: HIP 99770

Spectral Class

A-type white

Effective Temperature

8,000 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.26 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.141 dex

Stellar density

0.367 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

65.00 km/s

Distance
40.08 parsec
Light-years 130.71 ly
V-band magnitude
4.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,305,104 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

4.15.15.08B4.94V4.91Gaia4.79TESS4.89J4.69H4.42K4.42W14.06W24.47W34.44W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

24.926 mas

Total Proper Motion

98.183 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

68.39 mas/yr

PM Declination

70.45 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.443 · y = -0.667 · z = 0.599

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 303.63383° · Dec 36.80660°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.449° · 1.171°

Ecliptic λ, β

319.906° · 54.572°

HTM-20 index

840815633

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