Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HD 64114 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HD 64114, located approximately 102.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.41 Earth radii
  • A mass of 17.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.92 g
  • An orbital period of 45.791 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2460 AU
  • Distance from Earth 102.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.514
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,813,312 years

HD 64114 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.41 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.393 R♃
Mass
17.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.056 M♃
Density
1.14 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.514
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Las Campanas Observatory
Telescope 6.5 m Magellan II Clay Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#475of 574

top 82.6%

This planet

4.41R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 64114 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.4111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0017.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.141.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 17.800 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 64114

HIP

HIP 38392

TIC

TIC 36021583

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3037245604373149824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3037245604373149824

System

HD 64114

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.410 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 574
Mass 17.800 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 574
Orbital period 45.79 d · percentile 69 / cohort 524
Distance 31.53 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 572
ESI 0.514 · percentile 93 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
45.791 days
Semi-major axis
0.2460 AU
Eccentricity
0.120
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 45.79 Earth days (12.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2460 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.514

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2019

Instrument

Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph

Publication

2019-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HD 64114

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,676 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.883 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.518 dex

Stellar density

1.867 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

52.79 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Distance
31.53 parsec
Light-years 102.82 ly
V-band magnitude
7.71 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,813,312 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

5.98.48.40B7.71V7.53Gaia7.07TESS6.48J6.13H6.05K6.02W15.94W26.06W35.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

31.691 mas

Total Proper Motion

186.867 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-69.45 mas/yr

PM Declination

-173.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.461 · y = 0.867 · z = -0.191

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 117.98256° · Dec -11.03372°

Galactic ℓ, b

229.789° · 8.084°

Ecliptic λ, β

122.632° · -31.357°

HTM-20 index

-424149414

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