Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 151450 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 151450, located approximately 142.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 38.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.80 g
  • An orbital period of 21.893 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1600 AU
  • Distance from Earth 142.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.388
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,507,779 years

1 sibling around HD 151450

HD 151450 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 151450 b this Neptune-like 6.94 38.46 21.893 2022
HD 151450 c Gas Giant 12.80 1,636.18 18,144.762 2022

HD 151450 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.619 R♃
Mass
38.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.121 M♃
Density
0.63 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.80 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.388
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#208of 574

top 36.1%

This planet

6.94R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 151450 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0038.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.631.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.802.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 38.457 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 151450

TIC

TIC 12514017

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4134094524223600640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4134094524223600640

System

HD 151450

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.940 R⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 574
Mass 38.457 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 574
Orbital period 21.89 d · percentile 54 / cohort 524
Distance 43.60 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 572
ESI 0.388 · percentile 70 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
21.893 days
Semi-major axis
0.1600 AU
Eccentricity
0.496
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 21.89 Earth days (6.0% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1600 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.388

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 151450

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,092 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.172 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.140 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
43.60 parsec
Light-years 142.20 ly
V-band magnitude
7.43 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,507,779 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.08.07.97B7.43V7.28Gaia6.90TESS6.43J6.14H6.10K6.12W15.99W26.09W36.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

22.907 mas

Total Proper Motion

119.597 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

76.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

-91.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.297 · y = -0.914 · z = -0.275

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 252.00801° · Dec -15.96435°

Galactic ℓ, b

3.295° · 18.263°

Ecliptic λ, β

252.609° · 6.396°

HTM-20 index

798550793

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