Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

HD 3167 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange HD 3167, located approximately 154.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.67 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.97 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.78 g
  • An orbital period of 0.960 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0180 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,774 K (1501 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 154.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.153
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,720,002 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around HD 3167

HD 3167 b shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 3167 b this Super-Earth 1.67 4.97 0.960 1,774 2016
HD 3167 d Super-Earth 1.92 4.33 8.411 860 2017
HD 3167 c Sub-Neptune 3.00 11.13 29.845 564 2016
HD 3167 e Sub-Neptune 2.83 8.41 96.630 375 2022

HD 3167 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.67 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.149 R♃
Mass
4.97 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
5.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.78 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.153
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#452of 1176

top 38.4%

This planet

1.67R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 3167 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.97317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.782.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,650.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.970 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 3167

HIP

HIP 2736

TIC

TIC 318707987

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2554032474712538880

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2554032474712538880

System

HD 3167

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.670 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.970 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 0.96 d · percentile 5 / cohort 1164
Distance 47.29 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.153 · percentile 5 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.960 days
Semi-major axis
0.0180 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.40 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 23 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0180 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.029 %

Duration

1.609 h

Impact parameter b

0.110

Rp / R★

0.017250

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,394.3745

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 294 ppm lasting ≈ 1.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017250

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.450

Impact parameter (b)

0.110

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.560 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,394.3745

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

-6.60°

True obliquity (ψ)

29.50°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.38000

Eq. Temperature

1,774K

(1501 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,650.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.153

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Vanderburg et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 3167

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,261 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.880 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.837 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

1.817 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

19.53 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.41 km/s

Rotation period

23.52 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.040

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
47.29 parsec
Light-years 154.24 ly
V-band magnitude
8.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,720,002 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

6.99.89.77B8.97V8.76Gaia8.95Kepler8.25TESS7.55J7.20H7.07K6.94W17.09W27.05W37.07W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.118 mas

Total Proper Motion

203.880 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

107.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

-173.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.986 · y = 0.152 · z = 0.076

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 8.74015° · Dec 4.38072°

Galactic ℓ, b

115.111° · -58.241°

Ecliptic λ, β

9.749° · 0.562°

HTM-20 index

-1000385905

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