Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

HD 219666 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 219666, located approximately 307.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 17.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.73 g
  • An orbital period of 6.034 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0636 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,076 K (803 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 307.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.171
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,416,542 years

HD 219666 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.437 R♃
Mass
17.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.055 M♃
Density
0.87 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.73 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.171
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#400of 574

top 69.5%

This planet

4.90R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 219666 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0017.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.871.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.732.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00598.440.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 17.600 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 219666

TIC

TIC 266980320

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6492940453524576128

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6492940453524576128

System

HD 219666

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.898 R⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 574
Mass 17.600 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 574
Orbital period 6.03 d · percentile 25 / cohort 524
Distance 94.17 pc · percentile 23 / cohort 572
ESI 0.171 · percentile 21 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.034 days
Semi-major axis
0.0636 AU
Eccentricity
0.050
Inclination
86.42 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.03 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0636 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.175 %

Duration

2.158 h

Impact parameter b

0.838

Rp / R★

0.042100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,083.5107

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,751 ppm lasting ≈ 2.16 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.042100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.250

Impact parameter (b)

0.838

RV semi-amplitude (K)

6.070 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,083.5107

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.67500

Eq. Temperature

1,076K

(803 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

598.44

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.171

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Esposito et al. 2019

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2019-03

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2018 at Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) (2 shown).

Host System: HD 219666

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,540 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.059 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

1.176 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-20.10 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.20 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.070

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
94.17 parsec
Light-years 307.15 ly
V-band magnitude
9.81 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,416,542 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.110.610.60B9.81V9.65Gaia9.18TESS8.56J8.25H8.16K8.08W18.14W28.10W38.25W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

10.590 mas

Total Proper Motion

314.566 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

313.92 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.537 · y = -0.099 · z = -0.838

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 349.55927° · Dec -56.90399°

Galactic ℓ, b

325.609° · -55.929°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.701° · -46.825°

HTM-20 index

1364149778

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