Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

HD 73344 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white HD 73344, located approximately 115.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.88 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.48 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 15.611 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1310 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 911 K (638 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 115.00 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.269
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,028,071 years

2 siblings around HD 73344

HD 73344 b 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 73344 b this Sub-Neptune 2.88 10.48 15.611 911 2024
HD 73344 c Gas Giant 13.50 118.55 65.940 2025
HD 73344 d Gas Giant 13.20 810.46 5,823.000 2025

HD 73344 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.88 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.257 R♃
Mass
10.48 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
2.45 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.269
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#649of 1978

top 32.8%

This planet

2.88R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 73344 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.48317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.451.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00111.970.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.480 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 73344

HIP

HIP 42403

TIC

TIC 175193677

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 666427539629086976

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 666427539629086976

System

HD 73344

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.884 R⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.480 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 15.61 d · percentile 52 / cohort 1946
Distance 35.26 pc · percentile 9 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.269 · percentile 21 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.611 days
Semi-major axis
0.1310 AU
Eccentricity
0.030
Inclination
88.08 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.61 Earth days (4.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1310 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.052 %

Duration

3.304 h

Impact parameter b

0.783

Rp / R★

0.022170

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,095.9000

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 521 ppm lasting ≈ 3.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022170

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.556

Impact parameter (b)

0.783

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.340 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,095.9000

Long. of periastron (ω)

153.89°

Angular separation (arcsec)

3.72000

Eq. Temperature

911K

(638 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

111.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.269

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sulis et al. 2024

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 73344

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,253 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.15 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.220 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.200 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.372 dex

Stellar density

1.014 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

5.80 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.30 km/s

Rotation period

9.09 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.600

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
35.26 parsec
Light-years 115.00 ly
V-band magnitude
6.89 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,028,071 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

5.47.47.44B6.89V6.75Gaia6.79Kepler6.37TESS5.84J5.64H5.57K5.58W15.42W25.62W35.54W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

28.332 mas

Total Proper Motion

156.117 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-47.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

-148.78 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.585 · y = 0.705 · z = 0.402

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 129.68945° · Dec 23.68527°

Galactic ℓ, b

201.244° · 33.438°

Ecliptic λ, β

125.949° · 5.063°

HTM-20 index

-463656631

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