Artist impression of HD 69830 d exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2006

HD 69830 d

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange HD 69830, located approximately 41.0 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.45 Earth radii
  • A mass of 18.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.91 g
  • An orbital period of 197.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 40.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.511
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 722,369 years

Context from the literature

HD 69830 d is an exoplanet likely orbiting within the habitable zone of the star HD 69830, the outermost of three such planets discovered in the system. It is located approximately 40.7 light-years (12.49 parsecs, or 3.8505×1014 km) from Earth in the constellation of Puppis. The exoplanet was found by using the radial velocity method, from radial-velocity measurements via observation of Doppler shifts in the spectrum of the planet's parent star.

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2 siblings around HD 69830

HD 69830 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 69830 b Sub-Neptune 3.17 10.20 8.667 2006
HD 69830 c Sub-Neptune 3.46 11.80 31.560 2006
HD 69830 d this Neptune-like 4.45 18.10 197.000 2006

HD 69830 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.45 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.397 R♃
Mass
18.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.057 M♃
Density
1.13 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.511
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2006
Method Radial Velocity
Facility La Silla Observatory
Telescope 3.6 m ESO Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#466of 574

top 81.0%

This planet

4.45R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 69830 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.4511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0018.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.131.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 18.100 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 69830

HIP

HIP 40693

TIC

TIC 307624961

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5726982995343100928

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5726982995343100928

System

HD 69830

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.450 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 574
Mass 18.100 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 574
Orbital period 197.00 d · percentile 89 / cohort 524
Distance 12.56 pc · percentile 3 / cohort 572
ESI 0.511 · percentile 92 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
197.000 days
Semi-major axis
0.6300 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 197.00 Earth days (53.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.6300 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.200 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,304.1000

Long. of periastron (ω)

224.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

50.20000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.511

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lovis et al. 2006

Instrument

HARPS Spectrograph

Publication

2006-05

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2006 at La Silla Observatory (3 shown).

Host System: HD 69830

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,385 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.887 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

1.830 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

29.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.10 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.950

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
12.56 parsec
Light-years 40.96 ly
V-band magnitude
5.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 722,369 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

3.76.76.72B5.96V5.75Gaia5.27TESS5.15Ic4.95J4.36H4.17K4.11W13.80W24.08W33.70W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

79.595 mas

Total Proper Motion

1,026.855 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

278.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-988.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.554 · y = 0.803 · z = -0.219

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 124.60101° · Dec -12.63642°

Galactic ℓ, b

234.568° · 12.823°

Ecliptic λ, β

130.447° · -31.346°

HTM-20 index

1003371150

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

RV measurements

3

Stellar spectra

9

Archive notes

1

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