Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 183579 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 183579, located approximately 186.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 20.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.67 g
  • An orbital period of 17.471 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1322 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 752 K (479 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 186.77 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.317
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,293,752 years

HD 183579 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.311 R♃
Mass
20.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.064 M♃
Density
2.65 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.317
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

#184of 1978

top 9.3%

This planet

3.49R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 183579 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0020.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.651.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0058.100.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 20.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 183579

HIP

HIP 96160

TIC

TIC 320004517

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6641996571978861440

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6641996571978861440

System

HD 183579

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.490 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1978
Mass 20.400 M⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 17.47 d · percentile 57 / cohort 1946
Distance 57.27 pc · percentile 13 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.317 · percentile 32 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17.471 days
Semi-major axis
0.1322 AU
Eccentricity
0.061
Inclination
89.11 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 17.47 Earth days (4.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1322 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.111 %

Duration

4.306 h

Impact parameter b

0.480

Rp / R★

0.033260

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,661.0626

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,106 ppm lasting ≈ 4.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033260

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.480

RV semi-amplitude (K)

5.030 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,661.0626

Long. of periastron (ω)

270.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.31000

Eq. Temperature

752K

(479 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

58.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.317

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Palatnick et al. 2021

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 183579

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,784 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.960 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.996 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

1.587 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-15.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

24.80 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.840

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
57.27 parsec
Light-years 186.77 ly
V-band magnitude
8.67 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,293,752 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.09.39.33B8.67V8.52Gaia8.09TESS7.52J7.23H7.15K7.09W17.14W27.14W37.04W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

17.434 mas

Total Proper Motion

136.335 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

108.44 mas/yr

PM Declination

-82.63 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.229 · y = -0.533 · z = -0.814

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.28661° · Dec -54.53273°

Galactic ℓ, b

343.062° · -27.700°

Ecliptic λ, β

285.753° · -32.360°

HTM-20 index

-381105343

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