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HIP 107773 b

HIP 107773 b is a gas giant orbiting the star HIP 107773. Its year lasts 144 Earth days. It was discovered in 2015 by the Radial Velocity method.

Host starHIP 107773
Distance343.1 light-years (105.2 pc)
Orbital period144 days
Orbital radius0.72 AU
Eccentricity0.090
Radius13.4 R⊕ · 1.2 R♃
Mass (minimum)629 M⊕ · 1.98 M♃
Density1.44 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature957 K (684 °C)
Stellar flux received143 × Earth
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery year2015
Discovered byMultiple Observatories

Habitable zone

Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 143 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.

Its star in the sky

In the planet's sky its star is a disc 8.6° across: 16 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.62). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 25° N. South of latitude 25° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1683. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 6.1 million years.

Open in the simulation

Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.