Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 13808 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange HD 13808, located approximately 92.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.35 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 14.182 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1052 AU
  • Distance from Earth 92.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.603
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,623,751 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around HD 13808

HD 13808 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 13808 b this Sub-Neptune 3.35 11.20 14.182 2021
HD 13808 c Sub-Neptune 3.13 9.96 53.753 2021

HD 13808 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.35 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.299 R♃
Mass
11.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.035 M♃
Density
1.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.603
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#250of 1978

top 12.6%

This planet

3.35R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 13808 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 11.200 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 13808

HIP

HIP 10301

TIC

TIC 220022156

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4743692151804240896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4743692151804240896

System

HD 13808

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.350 R⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.200 M⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 14.18 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1946
Distance 28.23 pc · percentile 7 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.603 · percentile 83 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.182 days
Semi-major axis
0.1052 AU
Eccentricity
0.071
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.18 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1052 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.603

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ahrer et al. 2021

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2021-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 13808

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,035 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.781 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.771 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.576 dex

Stellar density

2.458 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

40.90 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

38.99 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
28.23 parsec
Light-years 92.08 ly
V-band magnitude
8.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,623,751 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.19.29.23B8.36V8.11Gaia7.56TESS6.78J6.38H6.25K6.20W16.10W26.25W36.21W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

35.394 mas

Total Proper Motion

112.280 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-107.92 mas/yr

PM Declination

30.97 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.495 · y = 0.324 · z = -0.806

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 33.17807° · Dec -53.74376°

Galactic ℓ, b

279.094° · -59.461°

Ecliptic λ, β

357.240° · -60.293°

HTM-20 index

-2093277181

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