Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 153557 c

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange HD 153557, located approximately 58.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 17.48 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.92 g
  • An orbital period of 15.270 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1110 AU
  • Distance from Earth 58.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.517
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,031,935 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around HD 153557

HD 153557 c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 153557 b Neptune-like 4.77 20.34 7.299 2022
HD 153557 c this Neptune-like 4.36 17.48 15.270 2022
HD 153557 d Gas Giant 11.90 8,725.66 40,654.648 2022

HD 153557 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.389 R♃
Mass
17.48 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.055 M♃
Density
1.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.517
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#479of 574

top 83.3%

This planet

4.36R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 153557 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0017.48317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 17.481 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 153557

HIP

HIP 83020 A

TIC

TIC 115582979

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1408029509584967168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1408029509584967168

System

HIP 83020 A

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.360 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 574
Mass 17.481 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 574
Orbital period 15.27 d · percentile 46 / cohort 524
Distance 17.94 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 572
ESI 0.517 · percentile 94 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.270 days
Semi-major axis
0.1110 AU
Eccentricity
0.511
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.27 Earth days (4.2% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1110 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.517

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-09

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 153557

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,837 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.745 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.790 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.591 dex

Stellar density

2.692 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-7.20 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Distance
17.94 parsec
Light-years 58.52 ly
V-band magnitude
7.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,031,935 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.58.88.81B7.83V7.51Gaia6.90TESS6.01J5.56H5.46K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

55.709 mas

Total Proper Motion

308.766 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-145.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

272.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.181 · y = -0.653 · z = 0.736

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 254.47065° · Dec 47.36786°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.379° · 38.467°

Ecliptic λ, β

239.351° · 69.161°

HTM-20 index

-926956240

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