Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 164922 e

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 164922, located approximately 71.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.23 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.52 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 41.763 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2292 AU
  • Distance from Earth 71.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.615
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,265,479 years

3 siblings around HD 164922

HD 164922 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 164922 d Super-Earth 1.83 4.00 12.458 2020
HD 164922 e this Sub-Neptune 3.23 10.52 41.763 2021
HD 164922 c Sub-Neptune 3.66 13.00 75.740 401 2016
HD 164922 b Gas Giant 13.30 116.00 1,207.000 159 2005

HD 164922 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.23 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.288 R♃
Mass
10.52 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.615
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#325of 1978

top 16.4%

This planet

3.23R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 164922 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.52317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.520 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 164922

HIP

HIP 88348

TIC

TIC 159019691

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4582680493669880704

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4582680493669880704

System

HD 164922

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.230 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.520 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 41.76 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1946
Distance 22.00 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.615 · percentile 84 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
41.763 days
Semi-major axis
0.2292 AU
Eccentricity
0.086
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 41.76 Earth days (11.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2292 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.060 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,256.6000

Long. of periastron (ω)

-17.19°

Angular separation (arcsec)

10.40000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.615

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rosenthal et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 164922

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,393 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.58 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.002 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.921 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.398 dex

Stellar density

1.320 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

20.36 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.84 km/s

Rotation period

42.30 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.050

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.00 parsec
Light-years 71.76 ly
V-band magnitude
7.01 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,265,479 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.07.87.81B7.01V6.79Gaia6.28TESS5.55J5.20H5.11K5.12W15.02W25.16W35.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

45.422 mas

Total Proper Motion

717.364 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

389.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

-602.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.010 · y = -0.896 · z = 0.443

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 270.63047° · Dec 26.31041°

Galactic ℓ, b

52.296° · 21.783°

Ecliptic λ, β

270.871° · 49.748°

HTM-20 index

-1181639783

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

1

Stellar spectra

6

Archive notes

2

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