Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022 Habitable Zone

HD 191939 g

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 191939, located approximately 174.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.74 Earth radii
  • A mass of 13.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 284.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8120 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 278 K (5 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 174.85 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.637
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,083,456 years

5 siblings around HD 191939

HD 191939 g shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 191939 b Sub-Neptune 3.41 10.00 8.880 880 2020
HD 191939 c Sub-Neptune 3.20 8.00 28.580 600 2020
HD 191939 d Sub-Neptune 3.00 2.80 38.353 540 2020
HD 191939 e Gas Giant 13.00 112.20 101.120 390 2022
HD 191939 g this Sub-Neptune 3.74 13.50 284.000 278 2022
HD 191939 f Gas Giant 13.20 915.35 2,898.000 125 2022

HD 191939 g Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.74 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.334 R♃
Mass
13.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.042 M♃
Density
1.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.637
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#75of 1978

top 3.7%

This planet

3.74R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 191939 g Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.7411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0013.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.990.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 13.500 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 191939

HIP

HIP 99175

TIC

TIC 269701147

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2248126315275354496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2248126315275354496

System

HD 191939

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.740 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1978
Mass 13.500 M⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 284.00 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1946
Distance 53.61 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.637 · percentile 87 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
284.000 days
Semi-major axis
0.8120 AU
Eccentricity
0.030
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 284.00 Earth days (77.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.8120 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

186.000

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.530 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,385.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

18.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

15.10000

Eq. Temperature

278K

(5 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.99

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.637

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Orell Miquel et al. 2022

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2022-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 191939

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,348 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.70 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

1.370 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-9.50 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.110

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
53.61 parsec
Light-years 174.85 ly
V-band magnitude
8.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,083,456 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.09.79.72B8.97V8.77Gaia8.29TESS7.60J7.22H7.18K7.04W17.18W27.18W37.10W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.625 mas

Total Proper Motion

163.283 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

150.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

-63.91 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.208 · y = -0.333 · z = 0.919

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 302.02562° · Dec 66.85030°

Galactic ℓ, b

99.987° · 17.722°

Ecliptic λ, β

16.039° · 77.471°

HTM-20 index

-1738980752

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