Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 31527 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 31527, located approximately 125.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.47 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 16.554 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1254 AU
  • Distance from Earth 125.40 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.615
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,211,397 years

2 siblings around HD 31527

HD 31527 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 31527 b this Sub-Neptune 3.22 10.47 16.554 2019
HD 31527 c Sub-Neptune 3.85 14.16 51.205 2019
HD 31527 d Sub-Neptune 3.46 11.82 271.674 2019

HD 31527 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.288 R♃
Mass
10.47 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.615
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#332of 1978

top 16.7%

This planet

3.22R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 31527 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.47317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 10.470 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 31527

HIP

HIP 22905

TIC

TIC 146322354

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2972622770521857664

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2972622770521857664

System

HD 31527

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.220 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.470 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 16.55 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1946
Distance 38.45 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.615 · percentile 84 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.554 days
Semi-major axis
0.1254 AU
Eccentricity
0.100
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.55 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1254 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.615

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Udry et al. 2019

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2019-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 31527

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,898 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

1.074 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

1.206 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

25.66 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.90 km/s

Rotation period

20.30 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
38.45 parsec
Light-years 125.40 ly
V-band magnitude
7.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,211,397 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.98.18.07B7.49V7.33Gaia6.93TESS6.37J6.05H6.05K6.04W15.94W26.03W36.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

25.981 mas

Total Proper Motion

146.051 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-65.90 mas/yr

PM Declination

130.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.255 · y = 0.883 · z = -0.395

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 73.90962° · Dec -23.24132°

Galactic ℓ, b

223.388° · -35.153°

Ecliptic λ, β

68.692° · -45.498°

HTM-20 index

692950005

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