Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 18143 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange HD 18143, located approximately 73.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 10.285 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0880 AU
  • Distance from Earth 73.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.609
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,295,544 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around HD 18143

HD 18143 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 18143 b this Sub-Neptune 3.28 10.81 10.285 2022
HD 18143 c Gas Giant 12.50 3,177.65 28,982.418 2022

HD 18143 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.293 R♃
Mass
10.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.609
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#291of 1978

top 14.7%

This planet

3.28R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 18143 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.806 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 18143

HIP

HIP 13642 A

TIC

TIC 436933294

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 116037204451525376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 116037204451525376

System

HIP 13642 A

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.280 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.806 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.29 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1946
Distance 22.52 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.609 · percentile 83 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.285 days
Semi-major axis
0.0880 AU
Eccentricity
0.224
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.29 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0880 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.609

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 18143

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,078 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.40 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.850 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

1.675 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

32.50 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.52 parsec
Light-years 73.46 ly
V-band magnitude
7.52 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,295,544 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.48.58.47B7.52V7.33Gaia6.78TESS5.95J5.55H5.43K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

44.368 mas

Total Proper Motion

327.655 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

264.47 mas/yr

PM Declination

-193.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.643 · y = 0.619 · z = 0.452

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 43.91402° · Dec 26.87238°

Galactic ℓ, b

154.438° · -28.294°

Ecliptic λ, β

49.309° · 9.707°

HTM-20 index

69215439

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