Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 24085 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 24085, located approximately 179.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 2.046 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0340 AU
  • Distance from Earth 179.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.592
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,157,740 years

HD 24085 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.309 R♃
Mass
11.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.037 M♃
Density
1.57 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.592
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Las Campanas Observatory
Telescope 6.5 m Magellan II Clay Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#193of 1978

top 9.7%

This planet

3.46R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 24085 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.571.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 11.800 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 24085

HIP

HIP 17515

TIC

TIC 32001057

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4666907516760096512

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4666907516760096512

System

HD 24085

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.460 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.800 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 2.05 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1946
Distance 54.90 pc · percentile 12 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.592 · percentile 81 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.046 days
Semi-major axis
0.0340 AU
Eccentricity
0.220
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.05 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0340 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.592

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2019

Instrument

Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph

Publication

2019-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 24085

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

6,034 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.413 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.220 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.197 dex

Stellar density

0.576 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

27.94 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
54.90 parsec
Light-years 179.06 ly
V-band magnitude
7.57 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,157,740 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.08.28.16B7.57V7.42Gaia7.03TESS6.48J6.22H6.17K6.14W16.01W26.17W36.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.186 mas

Total Proper Motion

97.796 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.25 mas/yr

PM Declination

-97.36 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.190 · y = 0.284 · z = -0.940

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 56.25634° · Dec -70.02452°

Galactic ℓ, b

284.953° · -40.501°

Ecliptic λ, β

329.174° · -77.234°

HTM-20 index

-1081365471

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