Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 135694 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 135694, located approximately 240.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.75 g
  • An orbital period of 15.923 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1247 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 751 K (478 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 240.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.327
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,248,900 years

HD 135694 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.255 R♃
Mass
6.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.019 M♃
Density
2.05 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.75 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.327
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#682of 1978

top 34.4%

This planet

2.86R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 135694 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.051.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.752.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0071.800.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 135694

HIP

HIP 74326

TIC

TIC 232540264

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1696831425624356480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1696831425624356480

System

HD 135694

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.857 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.100 M⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 15.92 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1946
Distance 73.87 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.327 · percentile 34 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.923 days
Semi-major axis
0.1247 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.92 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1247 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.049 %

Duration

4.490 h

Impact parameter b

0.370

Rp / R★

0.024300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,834.1393

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 493 ppm lasting ≈ 4.49 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.370

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.660 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,834.1393

Long. of periastron (ω)

82.50°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.69000

Eq. Temperature

751K

(478 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

71.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.327

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

Akana Murphy et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 135694

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,712 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.080 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.335 dex

Stellar density

1.033 g/cm³

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.990

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
73.87 parsec
Light-years 240.94 ly
V-band magnitude
9.08 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,248,900 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.49.79.73B9.08V8.91Gaia8.47TESS7.87J7.55H7.50K7.39W17.49W27.47W37.35W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

13.508 mas

Total Proper Motion

205.395 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-189.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

80.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.209 · y = -0.231 · z = 0.950

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 227.86786° · Dec 71.84130°

Galactic ℓ, b

109.157° · 41.335°

Ecliptic λ, β

141.560° · 74.520°

HTM-20 index

746878987

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