Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 28109 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 28109, located approximately 455.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.69 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.86 g
  • An orbital period of 22.891 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1357 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 867 K (594 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 455.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.276
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,030,091 years

2 siblings around HD 28109

HD 28109 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 28109 b this Sub-Neptune 2.69 6.20 22.891 867 2022
HD 28109 c Neptune-like 4.13 9.20 55.997 643 2022
HD 28109 d Sub-Neptune 3.11 5.80 84.290 561 2022

HD 28109 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.69 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.240 R♃
Mass
6.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
1.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.86 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.276
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#881of 1978

top 44.5%

This planet

2.69R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 28109 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.862.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0098.750.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 6.200 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 28109

HIP

HIP 20295

TIC

TIC 29781292

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4668163021600295552

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4668163021600295552

System

HD 28109

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.690 R⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.200 M⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 22.89 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1946
Distance 139.61 pc · percentile 24 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.276 · percentile 22 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
22.891 days
Semi-major axis
0.1357 AU
Eccentricity
0.007
Inclination
87.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 22.89 Earth days (6.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1357 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

2.690 h

Impact parameter b

0.927

Rp / R★

0.014410

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,344.8150

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 301 ppm lasting ≈ 2.69 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014410

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

25.710

Impact parameter (b)

0.927

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.220 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,344.8150

Long. of periastron (ω)

-93.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.97200

Eq. Temperature

867K

(594 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

98.75

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.276

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

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

Dransfield et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 28109

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,189 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.425 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.227 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.250 dex

Stellar density

0.621 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

8.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.991

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
139.61 parsec
Light-years 455.35 ly
V-band magnitude
9.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,030,091 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.010.310.30B9.42V9.30Gaia8.94TESS8.48J8.26H8.18K8.14W18.18W28.16W38.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.134 mas

Total Proper Motion

24.360 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

22.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.40 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.156 · y = 0.339 · z = -0.928

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 65.23831° · Dec -68.10269°

Galactic ℓ, b

280.680° · -38.734°

Ecliptic λ, β

339.507° · -80.401°

HTM-20 index

574516844

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