Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

HD 104067 c

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

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 13.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 13.899 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1058 AU
  • Distance from Earth 66.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.570
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,171,243 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Context from the literature

HD 104067 is a star with a planetary system in the southern constellation of Corvus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 7.92 which is too faint to be visible with the naked eye. The distance to this star is 66.4 light-years based on parallax. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +15 km/s.

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1 sibling around HD 104067

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

HD 104067 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.330 R♃
Mass
13.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.042 M♃
Density
1.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.570
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#92of 1978

top 4.6%

This planet

3.69R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 104067 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0013.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 13.200 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 Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.690 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Mass 13.200 M⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 13.90 d · percentile 48 / cohort 1946
Distance 20.36 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.570 · percentile 79 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.899 days
Semi-major axis
0.1058 AU
Eccentricity
0.290
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.90 Earth days (3.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1058 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

4.250 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,192.9000

Long. of periastron (ω)

37.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

5.20000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.570

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Kane et al. 2024

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2024-03

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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