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HIP 114933 b

HIP 114933 b is a gas giant orbiting the star HIP 114933. Its year lasts 1,480 Earth days. It was discovered in 2021 by the Radial Velocity method.

Host starHIP 114933
Distance331.9 light-years (101.8 pc)
Orbital period4.06 years
Orbital radius2.84 AU
Eccentricity0.210
Radius13.4 R⊕ · 1.2 R♃
Mass (minimum)617 M⊕ · 1.94 M♃
Density1.41 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature317 K (44 °C)
Stellar flux received1.71 × Earth
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery year2021
Discovered byMultiple Observatories

Habitable zone

At the edge of the habitable zone (within the optimistic limits): liquid water would be possible only with a favourable atmosphere.

Its star in the sky

In the planet's sky its star is a disc 0.99° across: 1.9 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.25); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 69° N. South of latitude 69° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1694. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.9 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.