Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

HD 73583 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange HD 73583, located approximately 103.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.39 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.70 g
  • An orbital period of 18.880 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1242 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 498 K (225 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 102.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.532
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,815,635 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around HD 73583

HD 73583 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HD 73583 b Sub-Neptune 2.79 10.20 6.398 714 2022
HD 73583 c this Sub-Neptune 2.39 9.70 18.880 498 2022

HD 73583 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.39 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.213 R♃
Mass
9.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.031 M♃
Density
3.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.532
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1343of 1978

top 67.8%

This planet

2.39R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 73583 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.881.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0010.200.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 9.700 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 73583

HIP

HIP 42401

TIC

TIC 101011575

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5746824674801810816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5746824674801810816

System

HD 73583

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.390 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.700 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 18.88 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1946
Distance 31.57 pc · percentile 8 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.532 · percentile 74 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.880 days
Semi-major axis
0.1242 AU
Eccentricity
0.080
Inclination
89.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.88 Earth days (5.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1242 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.120 %

Duration

3.670 h

Impact parameter b

0.210

Rp / R★

0.033680

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,232.1682

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,199 ppm lasting ≈ 3.67 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033680

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

41.110

Impact parameter (b)

0.210

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.890 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,232.1682

Long. of periastron (ω)

-41.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

3.93000

Eq. Temperature

498K

(225 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

10.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.532

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2021-10

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HD 73583

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,511 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.48 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.650 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.730 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

3.690 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

21.52 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Rotation period

12.20 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.470

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
31.57 parsec
Light-years 102.96 ly
V-band magnitude
9.67 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,815,635 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.710.710.74B9.67V9.27Gaia8.59TESS7.65J7.09H6.95K6.85W16.96W26.92W36.72W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

31.650 mas

Total Proper Motion

74.501 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-63.86 mas/yr

PM Declination

38.37 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.622 · y = 0.749 · z = -0.229

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 129.68830° · Dec -13.25653°

Galactic ℓ, b

237.898° · 16.643°

Ecliptic λ, β

136.200° · -30.553°

HTM-20 index

701264442

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