Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 215152 d

A unclassified orbiting the k-type orange HD 215152, located approximately 70.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A mass of 770.42 Earth masses
  • An orbital period of 10.865 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0880 AU
  • Distance from Earth 70.44 light-years
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,242,231 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around HD 215152

HD 215152 d 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 215152 b Unclassified 565.42 5.760 2018
HD 215152 c Unclassified 468.80 7.282 2018
HD 215152 d this Unclassified 770.42 10.865 2018
HD 215152 e Unclassified 975.42 25.197 2018

HD 215152 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
R♃
Mass
770.42 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.424 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Unclassified

ESI Score
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope
Metric Earth HD 215152 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00770.42317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 770.416 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 2.801 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 215152

HIP

HIP 112190

TIC

TIC 251042502

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2623505219992303104

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2623505219992303104

System

HD 215152

Percentile among Unclassified cohort

Mass 770.416 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 42
Orbital period 10.86 d · percentile 35 / cohort 43
Distance 21.60 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 43

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.865 days
Semi-major axis
0.0880 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
0.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.86 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0880 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Delisle et al. 2018

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2018-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 215152

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,935 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.730 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.770 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

2.399 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-13.87 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.35 km/s

Rotation period

42.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
21.60 parsec
Light-years 70.44 ly
V-band magnitude
8.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,242,231 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 7 bands

5.89.19.09B8.11V7.80Gaia7.20TESS6.35J5.90H5.78K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

46.273 mas

Total Proper Motion

328.189 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-154.15 mas/yr

PM Declination

-289.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.939 · y = -0.326 · z = -0.112

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 340.83809° · Dec -6.40207°

Galactic ℓ, b

61.336° · -53.198°

Ecliptic λ, β

339.890° · 1.573°

HTM-20 index

1549692185

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