Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 110067 e

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange HD 110067, located approximately 104.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 30.793 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1785 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 533 K (260 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 104.89 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.460
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,849,680 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Context from the literature

HD 110067 is a star with six known sub-Neptune exoplanets with radii ranging from 1.94 R🜨 to 2.85 R🜨. The planets orbit the host star in a rhythmic orbital resonance. The star, and related planetary system, is located 105 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

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5 siblings around HD 110067

HD 110067 e shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 110067 b Sub-Neptune 2.20 5.69 9.114 800 2023
HD 110067 c Sub-Neptune 2.39 6.30 13.674 699 2023
HD 110067 d Sub-Neptune 2.85 8.52 20.520 602 2023
HD 110067 e this Super-Earth 1.94 3.90 30.793 533 2023
HD 110067 f Sub-Neptune 2.60 5.04 41.059 489 2023
HD 110067 g Sub-Neptune 2.61 8.40 54.770 440 2023

HD 110067 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.173 R♃
Mass
3.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.460
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#79of 1176

top 6.6%

This planet

1.94R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 110067 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 110067

TIC

TIC 347332255

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3948424496764080640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3948424496764080640

System

HD 110067

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.940 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.900 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 30.79 d · percentile 92 / cohort 1164
Distance 32.16 pc · percentile 7 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.460 · percentile 69 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
30.793 days
Semi-major axis
0.1785 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.87 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 30.79 Earth days (8.4% of a terrestrial year) at a mean orbital distance of 0.1785 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

4.864 h

Impact parameter b

0.113

Rp / R★

0.022600

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,646.0919

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022600

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

48.770

Impact parameter (b)

0.113

RV semi-amplitude (K)

0.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,646.0919

Angular separation (arcsec)

5.55000

Eq. Temperature

533K

(260 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.460

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Luque et al. 2023

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2023-11

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Host System: HD 110067

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,266 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.10 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.788 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.798 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

2.678 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
32.16 parsec
Light-years 104.89 ly
V-band magnitude
8.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,849,680 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.49.29.20B8.42V8.17Gaia7.66TESS6.95J6.56H6.49K6.45W16.41W26.49W36.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

31.067 mas

Total Proper Motion

132.876 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-81.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

-104.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.926 · y = -0.161 · z = 0.342

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 189.83922° · Dec 20.02734°

Galactic ℓ, b

281.013° · 82.380°

Ecliptic λ, β

180.682° · 22.214°

HTM-20 index

325705678

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