Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

HD 134606 e

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 134606, located approximately 87.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.33 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.34 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 4.320 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0527 AU
  • Distance from Earth 87.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.937
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,540,948 years

Context from the literature

HD 134606 is a yellow-hued star with a planetary system, positioned in the southern constellation of Apus. It is below the nominal limit for visibility with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.86. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 37.3 mas, it is located 87.44 light-years away. The star appears to be moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +1.9 km/s.

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4 siblings around HD 134606

HD 134606 e shares its host star with 4 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 134606 e this Super-Earth 1.33 2.34 4.320 2024
HD 134606 b Sub-Neptune 2.97 9.09 12.089 2024
HD 134606 f Sub-Neptune 2.24 5.63 26.915 2024
HD 134606 c Sub-Neptune 3.37 11.31 58.883 2024
HD 134606 d Neptune-like 7.59 44.80 966.500 2024

HD 134606 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.33 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.119 R♃
Mass
2.34 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.937
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1022of 1176

top 86.8%

This planet

1.33R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 134606 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.34317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2.340 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 134606

HIP

HIP 74653

TIC

TIC 262457542

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5798962867668048768

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5798962867668048768

System

HD 134606

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.330 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.340 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.32 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1164
Distance 26.79 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.937 · percentile 99 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.320 days
Semi-major axis
0.0527 AU
Eccentricity
0.200
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.32 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0527 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.937

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Li et al. 2024

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2024-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 134606

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,576 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.158 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.046 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.330 dex

Stellar density

0.950 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

2.30 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.30 km/s

Rotation period

42.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.100

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
26.79 parsec
Light-years 87.38 ly
V-band magnitude
6.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,540,948 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.17.67.61B6.86V6.68Gaia6.21TESS5.59J5.28H5.18K5.22W15.09W25.22W35.17W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

37.297 mas

Total Proper Motion

242.373 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-177.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-164.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.220 · y = -0.251 · z = -0.943

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 228.81039° · Dec -70.52033°

Galactic ℓ, b

314.434° · -10.931°

Ecliptic λ, β

250.053° · -49.920°

HTM-20 index

-420074960

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