Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 154088 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange HD 154088, located approximately 59.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 18.560 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1340 AU
  • Distance from Earth 59.59 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.710
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,050,801 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

HD 154088 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.219 R♃
Mass
6.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.710
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

#1245of 1978

top 62.9%

This planet

2.46R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 154088 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 6.600 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 154088

HIP

HIP 83541

TIC

TIC 20856917

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6029992663310612096

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6029992663310612096

System

HD 154088

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.460 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.600 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 18.56 d · percentile 59 / cohort 1946
Distance 18.27 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.710 · percentile 93 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.560 days
Semi-major axis
0.1340 AU
Eccentricity
0.344
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.56 Earth days (5.1% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.1340 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.710

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Unger et al. 2021

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2021-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 154088

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,374 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.950 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

1.411 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

14.90 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.90 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.050

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
18.27 parsec
Light-years 59.59 ly
V-band magnitude
6.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,050,801 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

4.87.47.41B6.59V6.37Gaia5.86TESS5.76Ic5.23J4.96H4.76K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

54.708 mas

Total Proper Motion

281.200 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

83.23 mas/yr

PM Declination

-268.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.211 · y = -0.852 · z = -0.478

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 256.11642° · Dec -28.58383°

Galactic ℓ, b

355.237° · 7.673°

Ecliptic λ, β

257.770° · -5.732°

HTM-20 index

1233446724

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