Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

HD 332231 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 332231, located approximately 263.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.07 Earth radii
  • A mass of 74.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.90 g
  • An orbital period of 18.712 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1450 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 798 K (525 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 263.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.185
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 4,639,744 years

HD 332231 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.07 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.809 R♃
Mass
74.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.233 M♃
Density
0.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.90 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.185
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#84of 574

top 14.5%

This planet

9.07R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 332231 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.0711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0074.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.902.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0098.090.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 74.100 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 332231

TIC

TIC 199376584

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2056007995732413312

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2056007995732413312

System

HD 332231

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.073 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 574
Mass 74.100 M⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 574
Orbital period 18.71 d · percentile 50 / cohort 524
Distance 80.67 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 572
ESI 0.185 · percentile 24 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.712 days
Semi-major axis
0.1450 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.68 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.71 Earth days (5.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1450 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.487 %

Duration

6.168 h

Impact parameter b

0.169

Rp / R★

0.065704

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,692.2582

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 4,867 ppm lasting ≈ 6.17 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.065704

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.250

Impact parameter (b)

0.169

RV semi-amplitude (K)

16.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,692.2582

Long. of periastron (ω)

2.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.80000

Eq. Temperature

798K

(525 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

98.09

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.185

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

Dalba et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 332231

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,128 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.266 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.164 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.296 dex

Stellar density

0.799 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-23.17 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
80.67 parsec
Light-years 263.10 ly
V-band magnitude
8.56 mag
Voyager-speed travel 4,639,744 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.19.19.11B8.56V8.42Gaia8.04TESS7.51J7.30H7.24K7.11W17.23W27.22W37.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

12.368 mas

Total Proper Motion

39.673 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-36.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.497 · y = -0.666 · z = 0.555

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 306.74113° · Dec 33.74439°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.366° · -2.654°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.870° · 50.778°

HTM-20 index

-1097215019

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