Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 115404 A b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange HD 115404 A, located approximately 35.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.09 Earth radii
  • A mass of 30.83 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.83 g
  • An orbital period of 10.495 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0880 AU
  • Distance from Earth 35.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.422
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 631,635 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around HD 115404 A

HD 115404 A 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 115404 A b this Neptune-like 6.09 30.83 10.495 2022
HD 115404 A c Gas Giant 12.50 3,279.67 15,319.225 2022

HD 115404 A b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.09 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.543 R♃
Mass
30.83 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.097 M♃
Density
0.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.83 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.422
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#275of 574

top 47.7%

This planet

6.09R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 115404 A b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.0911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0030.83317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.832.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 30.829 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 115404 A

HIP

HIP 64797 A

TIC

TIC 373765355

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3936909723803146368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3936909723803146368

System

HIP 64797 A

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.090 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 574
Mass 30.829 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 574
Orbital period 10.49 d · percentile 38 / cohort 524
Distance 10.98 pc · percentile 2 / cohort 572
ESI 0.422 · percentile 77 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.495 days
Semi-major axis
0.0880 AU
Eccentricity
0.232
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.49 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0880 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.422

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 115404 A

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,019 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.727 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.634 dex

Stellar density

3.045 g/cm³

Rotation period

19.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
10.98 parsec
Light-years 35.82 ly
V-band magnitude
6.50 mag
Voyager-speed travel 631,635 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

4.47.57.46B6.50V6.29Gaia5.72TESS4.90J4.58H4.38K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

91.033 mas

Total Proper Motion

688.892 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

636.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-264.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.903 · y = -0.315 · z = 0.293

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 199.21558° · Dec 17.01604°

Galactic ℓ, b

334.410° · 78.303°

Ecliptic λ, β

190.802° · 23.184°

HTM-20 index

1316573270

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

Stellar spectra

1

Archive notes

1

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