Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 109833 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 109833, located approximately 259.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.69 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 9.189 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 786 K (513 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 259.48 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.304
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,575,877 years

1 sibling around HD 109833

HD 109833 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 109833 b this Sub-Neptune 2.89 8.69 9.189 786 2022
HD 109833 c Sub-Neptune 2.59 7.22 13.900 757 2022

HD 109833 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.258 R♃
Mass
8.69 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
1.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.304
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#648of 1978

top 32.7%

This planet

2.89R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 109833 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.69317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0063.460.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 109833

HIP

HIP 61723

TIC

TIC 360630575

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5838450865699668736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5838450865699668736

System

HD 109833

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.888 R⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.690 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 9.19 d · percentile 31 / cohort 1946
Distance 79.56 pc · percentile 17 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.304 · percentile 29 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.189 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.180
Inclination
88.13 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.19 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.046 %

Duration

2.492 h

Impact parameter b

0.610

Rp / R★

0.026500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,437.5737

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 460 ppm lasting ≈ 2.49 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.610

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,437.5737

Eq. Temperature

786K

(513 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

63.46

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.304

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wood et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 109833

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,881 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.03 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.000 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

1.523 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

10.50 km/s

Rotation period

5.11 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
79.56 parsec
Light-years 259.48 ly
V-band magnitude
9.29 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,575,877 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.89.99.94B9.29V9.14Gaia8.72TESS8.14J7.89H7.82K7.77W17.81W27.79W37.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.541 mas

Total Proper Motion

50.825 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-50.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.262 · y = -0.045 · z = -0.964

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 189.77586° · Dec -74.57402°

Galactic ℓ, b

302.095° · -11.722°

Ecliptic λ, β

238.324° · -60.050°

HTM-20 index

-1769214977

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