Artist impression of HD 189567 c exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 189567 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 189567, located approximately 58.4 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 33.688 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1970 AU
  • Distance from Earth 58.40 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.699
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,029,882 years

Context from the literature

HD 189567 is a star with a pair of orbiting exoplanets, located in the southern constellation of Pavo. It is also known as Gliese 776, CD-67 2385, and HR 7644. The star has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.07, which is bright enough for it to be dimly visible to the naked eye. It lies at a distance of 58 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −10.5 km/s.

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1 sibling around HD 189567

HD 189567 c 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 189567 b Sub-Neptune 2.85 8.50 14.288 2021
HD 189567 c this Sub-Neptune 2.54 7.00 33.688 2021

HD 189567 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.227 R♃
Mass
7.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.022 M♃
Density
2.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.699
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

#1117of 1978

top 56.4%

This planet

2.54R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 189567 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 7.000 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 189567

HIP

HIP 98959

TIC

TIC 352402781

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6427244702486210816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6427244702486210816

System

HD 189567

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.540 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.000 M⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 33.69 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1946
Distance 17.91 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.699 · percentile 92 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
33.688 days
Semi-major axis
0.1970 AU
Eccentricity
0.160
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 33.69 Earth days (9.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1970 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,187.3000

Long. of periastron (ω)

219.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

11.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.699

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Unger et al. 2021

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2021-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 189567

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,726 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.040 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

1.300 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-10.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.920

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
17.91 parsec
Light-years 58.40 ly
V-band magnitude
6.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,029,882 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

4.56.76.71B6.07V5.91Gaia5.48TESS5.36Ic5.11J4.72H4.51K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

55.820 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,081.168 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

845.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-674.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.201 · y = -0.329 · z = -0.923

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 301.39596° · Dec -67.32380°

Galactic ℓ, b

328.462° · -31.993°

Ecliptic λ, β

286.707° · -45.697°

HTM-20 index

-1199055925

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