Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 3765 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange HD 3765, located approximately 58.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 8.56 Earth radii
  • A mass of 54.98 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.75 g
  • An orbital period of 1,211.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.1080 AU
  • Distance from Earth 58.47 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.339
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,031,061 years

HD 3765 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
8.56 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.764 R♃
Mass
54.98 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.173 M♃
Density
0.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.75 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.339
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#118of 574

top 20.4%

This planet

8.56R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 3765 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.008.5611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0054.98317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.752.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 54.984 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 3765

HIP

HIP 3206

TIC

TIC 424009747

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 369092520004831232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 369092520004831232

System

HD 3765

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 8.560 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 574
Mass 54.984 M⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 574
Orbital period 1,211.00 d · percentile 98 / cohort 524
Distance 17.93 pc · percentile 5 / cohort 572
ESI 0.339 · percentile 60 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,211.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.1080 AU
Eccentricity
0.298
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.32 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.1080 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.850 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,607.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

-63.03°

Angular separation (arcsec)

118.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.339

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rosenthal et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 3765

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,050 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.831 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.852 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.527 dex

Stellar density

2.336 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-63.90 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
17.93 parsec
Light-years 58.47 ly
V-band magnitude
7.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,031,061 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

5.28.38.32B7.36V7.08Gaia6.50TESS6.39Ic5.69J5.27H5.16K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

55.756 mas

Total Proper Motion

757.952 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

356.31 mas/yr

PM Declination

-668.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.752 · y = 0.135 · z = 0.645

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 10.20730° · Dec 40.18429°

Galactic ℓ, b

120.737° · -22.642°

Ecliptic λ, β

26.861° · 32.558°

HTM-20 index

-1136893966

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