Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

HD 34445 e

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 34445, located approximately 150.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 49.175 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2687 AU
  • Distance from Earth 150.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.524
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,651,027 years

5 siblings around HD 34445

HD 34445 e shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 34445 e this Neptune-like 4.26 16.80 49.175 2017
HD 34445 d Neptune-like 6.07 30.70 117.870 2017
HD 34445 c Neptune-like 8.42 53.50 214.670 2017
HD 34445 f Neptune-like 6.88 37.90 676.800 2017
HD 34445 b Gas Giant 13.90 260.62 1,049.000 2009
HD 34445 g Gas Giant 13.60 120.60 5,700.000 2017

HD 34445 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.380 R♃
Mass
16.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.053 M♃
Density
1.19 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.524
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#506of 574

top 88.0%

This planet

4.26R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 34445 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.191.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 16.800 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 34445

HIP

HIP 24681

TIC

TIC 284907742

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3241295308714904960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3241295308714904960

System

HD 34445

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.260 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 574
Mass 16.800 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 574
Orbital period 49.18 d · percentile 69 / cohort 524
Distance 46.09 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 572
ESI 0.524 · percentile 95 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
49.175 days
Semi-major axis
0.2687 AU
Eccentricity
0.090
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 49.18 Earth days (13.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2687 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.524

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Vogt et al. 2017

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2017-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 34445

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,836 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.380 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.210 dex

Stellar density

0.467 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-79.04 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.70 km/s

Rotation period

22.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.040

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
46.09 parsec
Light-years 150.33 ly
V-band magnitude
7.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,651,027 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.78.07.97B7.31V7.15Gaia6.72TESS6.12J5.85H5.79K5.79W15.71W25.82W35.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.668 mas

Total Proper Motion

146.999 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

-147.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.182 · y = 0.975 · z = 0.128

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 79.42075° · Dec 7.35272°

Galactic ℓ, b

195.039° · -17.022°

Ecliptic λ, β

79.094° · -15.687°

HTM-20 index

2057180744

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