Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 39194 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange HD 39194, located approximately 86.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • An orbital period of 33.874 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1949 AU
  • Distance from Earth 86.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.765
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,519,218 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around HD 39194

HD 39194 d 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 39194 b Super-Earth 1.99 4.62 5.637 2021
HD 39194 c Sub-Neptune 2.65 7.49 14.031 2021
HD 39194 d this Sub-Neptune 2.12 5.16 33.874 2021

HD 39194 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.190 R♃
Mass
5.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.765
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1782of 1978

top 90.0%

This planet

2.12R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 39194 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 5.160 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 39194

HIP

HIP 27080

TIC

TIC 389506883

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4657193606465368704

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4657193606465368704

System

HD 39194

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.120 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.160 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 33.87 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1946
Distance 26.41 pc · percentile 6 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.765 · percentile 98 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
33.874 days
Semi-major axis
0.1949 AU
Eccentricity
0.159
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 33.87 Earth days (9.3% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1949 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.765

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Unger et al. 2021

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2021-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 39194

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,205 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

10.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.784 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.61

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

2.577 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

7.69 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.950

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
26.41 parsec
Light-years 86.15 ly
V-band magnitude
8.09 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,519,218 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 8 bands

6.18.88.84B8.09V7.85Gaia7.35TESS7.24Ic6.60J6.21H6.09K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

37.831 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,276.840 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-309.42 mas/yr

PM Declination

1,238.78 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.023 · y = 0.339 · z = -0.941

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 86.12907° · Dec -70.13824°

Galactic ℓ, b

280.609° · -31.058°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.969° · -86.150°

HTM-20 index

675223832

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