HIP 86221 b
HIP 86221 b orbits the star HIP 86221, 96.2 light-years from Earth. It completes an orbit in 2.224 Earth days.
Get to know this world ↓Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.
Around 1,300% wider than Earth.
Time to complete one orbit.
Its light travels for roughly 96 years to reach us.
Radial Velocity
Overview
HIP 86221 b is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2021. The credited discovery facility is Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Its Radial Velocity evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.
Its recorded radius is 14 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.
The planet
The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 225.66 Earth masses (Msini). Radius: 14 Earth radii.
Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.
Orbit & year
A year here lasts 2.224 Earth days. Its recorded semi-major axis is 0.031 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.
Eccentricity: 0.086. Zero describes a circular orbit; increasing values describe more elongated ellipses.
Host star
HIP 86221 · K5 V.
Mass: 0.79 times the Sun’s mass.
Planetary system
1 confirmed planets are stored for this star.
HIP 86221 b · 2.224-day orbit
Discovery
Reported discovery year: 2021. Method: Radial Velocity. Facility: Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.
How these methods work ↗Potential habitability
The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.
Understand the habitable zone ↗What do we actually know?
The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.
Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.
Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.
Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.
Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.
Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.
Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.
Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.
Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.
Scientific data
| Radius | 14 Earth radii |
|---|---|
| Mass / minimum mass | 225.65817 Earth masses (Msini) |
| Orbital period | 2.224 Earth days |
| Semi-major axis | 0.031 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.086 |
| Host star mass | 0.79 Solar masses |
| Distance | 29.4898 parsecs |
| Discovery year | 2,021 |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery facility | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
| Discovery publication | 2021-11 |
| Stellar spectral type | K5 V |
Uncertainties and parameter provenance
Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.
| Parameter | Uncertainty / source |
|---|---|
| Radius | Upper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value |
| Mass / minimum mass | Upper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableParedes et al. 2021 |
| Orbital period | +0.0004 / -0.0005Paredes et al. 2021 |
Sources
NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).
Open the scientific archive record ↗Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.