Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 152843 c

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 152843, located approximately 351.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.27 g
  • An orbital period of 19.502 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1482 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 253 K (-20 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 351.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.389
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,206,035 years

1 sibling around HD 152843

HD 152843 c 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 152843 b Sub-Neptune 3.05 9.82 11.621 1,003 2021
HD 152843 c this Neptune-like 5.94 9.67 19.502 253 2021

HD 152843 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.530 R♃
Mass
9.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.030 M♃
Density
0.25 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.389
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#289of 574

top 50.2%

This planet

5.94R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 152843 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.251.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00133.100.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 9.670 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 152843

TIC

TIC 349488688

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4564566554995619072

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4564566554995619072

System

HD 152843

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.940 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 574
Mass 9.670 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 574
Orbital period 19.50 d · percentile 51 / cohort 524
Distance 107.90 pc · percentile 25 / cohort 572
ESI 0.389 · percentile 71 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
19.502 days
Semi-major axis
0.1482 AU
Eccentricity
0.074
Inclination
89.21 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 19.50 Earth days (5.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1482 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.086 %

Duration

6.500 h

Impact parameter b

0.300

Rp / R★

0.038040

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,002.7715

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 856 ppm lasting ≈ 6.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038040

Impact parameter (b)

0.300

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.110 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,002.7715

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.37000

Eq. Temperature

253K

(-20 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

133.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.389

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — surface water would be frozen.

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

Eisner et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 152843

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,310 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.97 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.430 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.190 dex

Stellar density

0.551 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

8.38 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
107.90 parsec
Light-years 351.92 ly
V-band magnitude
8.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,206,035 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.59.49.38B8.86V8.76Gaia8.40TESS7.90J7.66H7.63K7.56W17.59W27.61W37.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.239 mas

Total Proper Motion

47.062 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

14.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

44.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.262 · y = -0.899 · z = 0.350

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 253.78489° · Dec 20.49152°

Galactic ℓ, b

40.171° · 34.385°

Ecliptic λ, β

249.124° · 42.763°

HTM-20 index

1667548494

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