Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

DMPP-1 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white DMPP-1, located approximately 204.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 17.812 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1423 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 877 K (604 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 203.97 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.231
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,597,082 years

3 siblings around DMPP-1

DMPP-1 b shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
DMPP-1 d Sub-Neptune 2.02 4.72 3.142 1,632 2019
DMPP-1 e Super-Earth 1.86 4.13 5.516 1,314 2019
DMPP-1 c Sub-Neptune 3.31 10.94 10.030 1,239 2019
DMPP-1 b this Neptune-like 4.26 16.80 17.812 877 2019

DMPP-1 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.380 R♃
Mass
16.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.053 M♃
Density
1.19 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.231
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#506of 574

top 88.0%

This planet

4.26R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth DMPP-1 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.191.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 16.800 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 38677

HIP

HIP 27305

TIC

TIC 66560666

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3011005587574818432

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3011005587574818432

System

DMPP-1

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.260 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 574
Mass 16.800 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 574
Orbital period 17.81 d · percentile 49 / cohort 524
Distance 62.54 pc · percentile 18 / cohort 572
ESI 0.231 · percentile 36 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17.812 days
Semi-major axis
0.1423 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 17.81 Earth days (4.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1423 AU.

Eq. Temperature

877K

(604 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.231

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Staab et al. 2020

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2019-12

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: DMPP-1

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,196 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.01 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.260 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.210 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

0.813 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

28.66 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.41 km/s

Distance
62.54 parsec
Light-years 203.97 ly
V-band magnitude
7.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,597,082 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.68.58.54B7.98V7.85Gaia7.47TESS7.00J6.75H6.69K6.66W16.65W26.70W36.56W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.961 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.447 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

-21.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.055 · y = 0.981 · z = -0.184

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 86.77612° · Dec -10.63032°

Galactic ℓ, b

215.359° · -19.053°

Ecliptic λ, β

86.172° · -34.027°

HTM-20 index

-561627319

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