Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

TYC 1422-614-1 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange TYC 1422-614-1, located approximately 2,193.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,178.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 20.34 g
  • An orbital period of 559.300 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.3700 AU
  • Distance from Earth 2,193.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.384
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 38,675,414 years

1 sibling around TYC 1422-614-1

TYC 1422-614-1 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
TYC 1422-614-1 b Gas Giant 13.30 794.50 198.400 2014
TYC 1422-614-1 c this Gas Giant 12.50 3,178.00 559.300 2014

TYC 1422-614-1 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.110 R♃
Mass
3,178.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
10.000 M♃
Density
8.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
20.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.384
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1235of 1771

top 69.7%

This planet

12.50R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TYC 1422-614-1 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,178.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.518.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0020.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 3,178.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 95361265

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 625078240201245568

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 625078240201245568

System

TYC 1422-614-1

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,178.000 M⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 559.30 d · percentile 69 / cohort 1533
Distance 672.41 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.384 · percentile 81 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
559.300 days
Semi-major axis
1.3700 AU
Eccentricity
0.048
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.53 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.3700 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.384

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Niedzielski et al. 2015

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2015-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TYC 1422-614-1

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,806 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.89 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

6.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

2.850 dex

Systemic radial velocity

37.37 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
672.41 parsec
Light-years 2,193.11 ly
V-band magnitude
10.19 mag
Voyager-speed travel 38,675,414 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

7.614.614.59U11.26B10.19V9.91Gaia9.30TESS10.77Sloan g13.78Sloan r12.51Sloan i10.18Sloan z8.35J7.85H7.73K7.64W17.77W27.68W37.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.459 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.223 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.849 · y = 0.409 · z = 0.335

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 154.27778° · Dec 19.55841°

Galactic ℓ, b

216.626° · 53.923°

Ecliptic λ, β

149.081° · 8.306°

HTM-20 index

1208071381

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