Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

HD 95735 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf GJ 411, located approximately 18.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 13.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.96 g
  • An orbital period of 2,946.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.9400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 18.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.565
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 326,457 years

1 sibling around GJ 411

HD 95735 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
GJ 411 b Super-Earth 1.45 2.69 12.939 350 2019
HD 95735 c this Sub-Neptune 3.76 13.60 2,946.000 2021

HD 95735 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.335 R♃
Mass
13.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.043 M♃
Density
1.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.565
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#68of 1978

top 3.4%

This planet

3.76R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HD 95735 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0013.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 13.600 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 95735

HIP

HIP 54035

TIC

TIC 166646191

System

GJ 411

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.760 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1978
Mass 13.600 M⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 2,946.00 d · percentile 100 / cohort 1946
Distance 5.68 pc · percentile 0 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.565 · percentile 78 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2,946.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.9400 AU
Eccentricity
0.132
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 8.07 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 2.9400 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1.160 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,205.0000

Long. of periastron (ω)

63.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

518.00000

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.565

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rosenthal et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: GJ 411

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,719 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.05 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.369 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.390 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.36

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.895 dex

Stellar density

9.601 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-84.65 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

56.16 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-5.470

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
5.68 parsec
Light-years 18.51 ly
V-band magnitude
7.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 326,457 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 6 bands

3.58.98.92B7.49V5.70TESS4.32J3.72H3.50K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

392.400 mas

Total Proper Motion

4,802.155 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-580.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4,767.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.785 · y = 0.198 · z = 0.587

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 165.83447° · Dec 35.97232°

Galactic ℓ, b

185.113° · 65.431°

Ecliptic λ, β

152.102° · 27.396°

HTM-20 index

100861203

Observation Record

Photometric series

1

Stellar spectra

11

Archive notes

1

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