Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2009

HD 104067 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange HD 104067, located approximately 66.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 62.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.73 g
  • An orbital period of 55.851 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2674 AU
  • Distance from Earth 66.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.323
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,171,243 years

1 sibling around HD 104067

HD 104067 b 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
HD 104067 c Sub-Neptune 3.69 13.20 13.899 2024
HD 104067 b this Neptune-like 9.20 62.10 55.851 2009

HD 104067 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.820 R♃
Mass
62.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.195 M♃
Density
0.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.323
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#68of 574

top 11.7%

This planet

9.20R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 104067 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0062.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 62.100 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 104067

HIP

HIP 58451

TIC

TIC 428673146

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3494677900774838144

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3494677900774838144

System

HD 104067

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.200 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 574
Mass 62.100 M⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 574
Orbital period 55.85 d · percentile 73 / cohort 524
Distance 20.36 pc · percentile 6 / cohort 572
ESI 0.323 · percentile 56 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
55.851 days
Semi-major axis
0.2674 AU
Eccentricity
0.123
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 55.85 Earth days (15.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2674 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

12.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,167.3000

Long. of periastron (ω)

29.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

13.10000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.323

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Segransan et al. 2011

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2011-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 104067

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,952 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.33 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.780 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.560 dex

Stellar density

2.626 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

15.12 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.32 km/s

Rotation period

18.30 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
20.36 parsec
Light-years 66.42 ly
V-band magnitude
7.92 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,171,243 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.58.98.90B7.92V7.62Gaia7.03TESS6.21J5.75H5.61K5.56W15.51W25.64W35.57W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

49.079 mas

Total Proper Motion

447.021 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

141.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

-423.91 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.938 · y = 0.003 · z = -0.348

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 179.79235° · Dec -20.35561°

Galactic ℓ, b

286.656° · 40.858°

Ecliptic λ, β

188.205° · -18.693°

HTM-20 index

501128701

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