Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

HIP 41378 f

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white HIP 41378, located approximately 346.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 9.20 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.14 g
  • An orbital period of 542.080 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 294 K (21 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 346.67 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.308
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 6,113,489 years

5 siblings around HIP 41378

HIP 41378 f shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HIP 41378 b Sub-Neptune 2.60 6.89 15.572 959 2016
HIP 41378 c Sub-Neptune 2.73 4.40 31.706 757 2016
HIP 41378 g Sub-Neptune 2.54 7.00 62.060 605 2025
HIP 41378 d Sub-Neptune 3.54 4.60 278.362 367 2016
HIP 41378 e Neptune-like 4.92 12.00 369.000 335 2016
HIP 41378 f this Neptune-like 9.20 12.00 542.080 294 2016

HIP 41378 f Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
9.20 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.821 R♃
Mass
12.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.038 M♃
Density
0.09 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.308
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility K2
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#68of 574

top 11.7%

This planet

9.20R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 41378 f Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.009.2011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.091.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.240.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 12.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 41378

TIC

TIC 366443426

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 600698184764497664

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 600698184764497664

System

HIP 41378

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 9.200 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 574
Mass 12.000 M⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 574
Orbital period 542.08 d · percentile 96 / cohort 524
Distance 106.29 pc · percentile 24 / cohort 572
ESI 0.308 · percentile 51 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
542.080 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.48 Earth years.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.500 %

Duration

18.998 h

Impact parameter b

0.227

Rp / R★

0.066020

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,186.9142

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,000 ppm lasting ≈ 19.00 h.

Eq. Temperature

294K

(21 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.308

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

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. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HIP 41378

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,320 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.28 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.273 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.160 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.294 dex

Stellar density

0.680 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

50.42 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

5.60 km/s

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.780

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
106.29 parsec
Light-years 346.67 ly
V-band magnitude
8.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 6,113,489 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

7.79.49.42B8.93V8.81Gaia9.13Kepler8.46TESS7.98J7.79H7.72K7.66W17.73W27.73W37.86W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.380 mas

Total Proper Motion

48.143 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-48.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.587 · y = 0.790 · z = 0.175

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 126.61583° · Dec 10.08037°

Galactic ℓ, b

214.526° · 25.646°

Ecliptic λ, β

126.459° · -8.845°

HTM-20 index

1036383337

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