Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

HIP 116454 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange HIP 116454, located approximately 203.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.47 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.59 g
  • An orbital period of 9.100 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0792 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 753 K (480 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 203.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.353
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,591,923 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

HIP 116454 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.47 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.220 R♃
Mass
9.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.031 M♃
Density
3.53 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.353
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1241of 1978

top 62.7%

This planet

2.47R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 116454 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.531.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0051.290.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

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

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 116454

TIC

TIC 422618449

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2645940376800212096

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2645940376800212096

System

HIP 116454

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.469 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.700 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 9.10 d · percentile 30 / cohort 1946
Distance 62.45 pc · percentile 14 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.353 · percentile 41 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.100 days
Semi-major axis
0.0792 AU
Eccentricity
0.215
Inclination
88.91 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.10 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0792 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.089 %

Duration

2.431 h

Impact parameter b

0.340

Rp / R★

0.029810

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,072.2929

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 889 ppm lasting ≈ 2.43 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029810

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.460

Impact parameter (b)

0.340

RV semi-amplitude (K)

3.540 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,072.2929

Long. of periastron (ω)

88.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.27000

Eq. Temperature

753K

(480 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

51.29

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.353

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

Primary reference

Vanderburg et al. 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HIP 116454

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,048 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.758 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.582 dex

Stellar density

2.590 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-3.06 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
62.45 parsec
Light-years 203.68 ly
V-band magnitude
10.19 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,591,923 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 13 bands

7.911.111.08B10.19V9.93Gaia9.51Kepler9.37TESS9.25Ic8.60J8.14H8.03K8.00W18.08W28.02W37.88W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.984 mas

Total Proper Motion

299.043 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-232.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-187.56 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.994 · y = -0.105 · z = 0.008

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 353.95435° · Dec 0.44470°

Galactic ℓ, b

86.459° · -56.973°

Ecliptic λ, β

354.622° · 2.809°

HTM-20 index

1326943573

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