Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HD 63433 d

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 63433, located approximately 73.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.07 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.25 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 4.209 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0503 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,040 K (767 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 73.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.308
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,288,596 years

2 siblings around HD 63433

HD 63433 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 63433 d this Rocky Terrestrial 1.07 1.25 4.209 1,040 2023
HD 63433 b Sub-Neptune 2.14 21.76 7.108 967 2020
HD 63433 c Sub-Neptune 2.69 15.54 20.544 679 2020

HD 63433 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.07 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.096 R♃
Mass
1.25 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.004 M♃
Density
5.56 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.308
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#260of 570

top 45.4%

This planet

1.07R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 63433 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.25317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.561.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 63433

HIP

HIP 38228

TIC

TIC 130181866

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 875071278432954240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 875071278432954240

System

HD 63433

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.073 R⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 570
Mass 1.250 M⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 570
Orbital period 4.21 d · percentile 47 / cohort 567
Distance 22.40 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 566
ESI 0.308 · percentile 41 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.209 days
Semi-major axis
0.0503 AU
Eccentricity
0.160
Inclination
88.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.21 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0503 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

2.585 h

Impact parameter b

0.230

Rp / R★

0.010790

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,373.8235

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010790

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.870

Impact parameter (b)

0.230

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,373.8235

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.25000

Eq. Temperature

1,040K

(767 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.308

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Capistrant et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 63433

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,688 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.912 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.990 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.520 dex

Stellar density

1.833 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-16.07 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

7.26 km/s

Rotation period

6.40 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.390

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
22.40 parsec
Light-years 73.07 ly
V-band magnitude
6.92 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,288,596 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.17.67.59B6.92V6.72Gaia6.27TESS5.62J5.36H5.26K5.25W15.13W25.30W35.16W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

44.607 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.118 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.31 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.410 · y = 0.788 · z = 0.460

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 117.47937° · Dec 27.36313°

Galactic ℓ, b

193.282° · 24.147°

Ecliptic λ, β

114.341° · 6.217°

HTM-20 index

310887370

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