Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 110082 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 110082, located approximately 342.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 10.183 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1130 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 957 K (684 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 342.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.238
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,044,870 years

HD 110082 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.285 R♃
Mass
10.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.238
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#348of 1978

top 17.5%

This planet

3.20R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 110082 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00198.390.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 110082

HIP

HIP 62662

TIC

TIC 383390264

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5765748511163751936

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5765748511163751936

System

HD 110082

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.200 R⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.300 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.18 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1946
Distance 105.10 pc · percentile 20 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.238 · percentile 14 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.183 days
Semi-major axis
0.1130 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
88.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.18 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1130 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.067 %

Duration

2.910 h

Impact parameter b

0.500

Rp / R★

0.025000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,629.9090

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 668 ppm lasting ≈ 2.91 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.025000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.500

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,629.9090

Long. of periastron (ω)

138.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.08000

Eq. Temperature

957K

(684 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

198.39

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.238

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Tofflemire et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 110082

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,200 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.25 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.190 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.210 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.200 dex

Stellar density

1.000 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

3.63 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

25.30 km/s

Rotation period

2.34 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
105.10 parsec
Light-years 342.78 ly
V-band magnitude
9.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,044,870 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.99.89.76B9.23V9.12Gaia8.76TESS8.27J8.01H8.00K7.97W17.99W27.98W37.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.486 mas

Total Proper Motion

26.070 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-18.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.09 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.032 · y = -0.007 · z = -0.999

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 192.58929° · Dec -88.12111°

Galactic ℓ, b

302.922° · -25.249°

Ecliptic λ, β

265.469° · -66.085°

HTM-20 index

795962701

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