Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 25463 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 25463, located approximately 148.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.34 g
  • An orbital period of 7.049 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0760 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,198 K (925 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 148.79 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.209
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,623,844 years

1 sibling around HD 25463

HD 25463 b 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 25463 c Super-Earth 1.36 4.30 3.044 1,586 2023
HD 25463 b this Sub-Neptune 2.55 8.70 7.049 1,198 2023

HD 25463 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.227 R♃
Mass
8.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
2.87 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.209
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1116of 1978

top 56.4%

This planet

2.55R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 25463 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.871.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00461.400.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 8.700 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 25463

HIP

HIP 18893

TIC

TIC 407966340

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3301771025223950336

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3301771025223950336

System

HD 25463

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.545 R⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.700 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.05 d · percentile 22 / cohort 1946
Distance 45.62 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.209 · percentile 8 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.049 days
Semi-major axis
0.0760 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.05 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0760 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

3.349 h

Impact parameter b

0.532

Rp / R★

0.016454

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,442.6182

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 301 ppm lasting ≈ 3.35 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016454

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.532

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.490 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,442.6182

Long. of periastron (ω)

90.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.67000

Eq. Temperature

1,198K

(925 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

461.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.209

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

Akana Murphy et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 25463

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,353 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.30 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.418 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.251 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.227 dex

Stellar density

0.610 g/cm³

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.260

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
45.62 parsec
Light-years 148.79 ly
V-band magnitude
6.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,623,844 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.67.37.25B6.91V6.78Gaia6.44TESS5.95J5.77H5.71K5.73W15.62W25.75W35.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.892 mas

Total Proper Motion

188.412 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

89.57 mas/yr

PM Declination

-165.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.482 · y = 0.861 · z = 0.160

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 60.74834° · Dec 9.20777°

Galactic ℓ, b

181.689° · -31.074°

Ecliptic λ, β

60.533° · -11.290°

HTM-20 index

-1046137684

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