Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

GJ 3929 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 3929, located approximately 51.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 15.040 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0810 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 317 K (44 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 51.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.745
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 909,325 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Context from the literature

GJ 3929, also known as Gliese 3929 and TOI-2013, is a red dwarf star located 51.6 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Corona Borealis. With an apparent magnitude of 12, it is not visible to the naked eye. In 2022, two exoplanets were detected orbiting the star.

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1 sibling around GJ 3929

GJ 3929 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
GJ 3929 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.09 1.75 2.616 568 2022
GJ 3929 c this Sub-Neptune 2.26 5.71 15.040 317 2022

GJ 3929 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.201 R♃
Mass
5.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.745
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1572of 1978

top 79.4%

This planet

2.26R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth GJ 3929 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.680.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 5.710 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 188589164

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1372215976327300480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1372215976327300480

System

GJ 3929

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.260 R⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.710 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 15.04 d · percentile 50 / cohort 1946
Distance 15.81 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.745 · percentile 96 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.040 days
Semi-major axis
0.0810 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.04 Earth days (4.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0810 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.220 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,070.9000

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

5.12000

Eq. Temperature

317K

(44 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.68

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.745

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Beard et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 3929

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,384 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.320 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.313 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.890 dex

Stellar density

13.300 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

10.27 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

122.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
15.81 parsec
Light-years 51.56 ly
V-band magnitude
12.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 909,325 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

7.916.316.29U14.33B12.68V11.51Gaia10.27TESS15.16Sloan g12.24Sloan r10.92Sloan i10.85Sloan z8.69J8.10H7.87K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

63.224 mas

Total Proper Motion

348.987 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-143.28 mas/yr

PM Declination

318.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.413 · y = -0.703 · z = 0.579

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 239.57757° · Dec 35.40811°

Galactic ℓ, b

56.664° · 49.597°

Ecliptic λ, β

225.110° · 54.209°

HTM-20 index

1842549599

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