Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TYC 2187-512-1 b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf TYC 2187-512-1, located approximately 50.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 104.88 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.67 g
  • An orbital period of 691.900 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.2200 AU
  • Distance from Earth 50.47 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.263
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 890,050 years

TYC 2187-512-1 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.120 R♃
Mass
104.88 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.330 M♃
Density
0.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.263
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Calar Alto Observatory
Telescope 3.5 m telescope

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 2187-512-1 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00104.88317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 104.883 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 283031851

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1791995119082190848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1791995119082190848

System

TYC 2187-512-1

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.500 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1771
Mass 104.883 M⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 691.90 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1533
Distance 15.47 pc · percentile 2 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.263 · percentile 48 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
691.900 days
Semi-major axis
1.2200 AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.89 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.2200 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.263

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Quirrenbach et al. 2022

Instrument

CARMENES

Publication

2022-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: TYC 2187-512-1

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,734 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.495 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.498 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.680 dex

Stellar density

5.629 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

5.35 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

40.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.847

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
15.47 parsec
Light-years 50.47 ly
V-band magnitude
10.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 890,050 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.212.412.37B10.58V9.77Gaia8.74TESS7.40J6.80H6.60K6.49W16.31W26.36W36.24W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

64.594 mas

Total Proper Motion

160.438 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

108.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

117.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.711 · y = -0.585 · z = 0.390

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 320.52668° · Dec 22.93194°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.546° · -18.857°

Ecliptic λ, β

331.734° · 36.184°

HTM-20 index

-976872940

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