Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

HIP 38594 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the m-type red dwarf HIP 38594, located approximately 58.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.77 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 60.722 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2560 AU
  • Distance from Earth 58.02 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.667
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,023,158 years

1 sibling around HIP 38594

HIP 38594 b 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
HIP 38594 b this Sub-Neptune 2.77 8.10 60.722 2020
HIP 38594 c Neptune-like 7.94 48.40 3,477.768 2020

HIP 38594 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.77 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.247 R♃
Mass
8.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.025 M♃
Density
2.09 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.667
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#780of 1978

top 39.4%

This planet

2.77R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 38594 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.091.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 8.100 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 38594

TIC

TIC 128902569

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5602386058511578368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5602386058511578368

System

HIP 38594

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.770 R⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.100 M⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 60.72 d · percentile 89 / cohort 1946
Distance 17.79 pc · percentile 4 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.667 · percentile 90 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
60.722 days
Semi-major axis
0.2560 AU
Eccentricity
0.170
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 60.72 Earth days (16.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2560 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.667

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2020

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2020-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 38594

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,086 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.627 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.610 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.629 dex

Stellar density

3.491 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

62.88 km/s

Distance
17.79 parsec
Light-years 58.02 ly
V-band magnitude
9.75 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,023,158 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

6.011.111.11B9.75V9.09Gaia8.18TESS8.06Ic7.02J6.37H6.17K6.10W15.99W26.08W36.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

56.187 mas

Total Proper Motion

361.820 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-300.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

200.92 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.432 · y = 0.794 · z = -0.427

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 118.54391° · Dec -25.30231°

Galactic ℓ, b

242.401° · 1.297°

Ecliptic λ, β

127.711° · -45.075°

HTM-20 index

1015383714

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