Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

HIP 67522 c

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) HIP 67522, located approximately 415.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 7.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 48.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.77 g
  • An orbital period of 14.335 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1228 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 917 K (644 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 415.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.165
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,320,841 years

1 sibling around HIP 67522

HIP 67522 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
HIP 67522 b Neptune-like 9.99 71.40 6.959 1,175 2020
HIP 67522 c this Neptune-like 7.94 48.30 14.335 917 2024

HIP 67522 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
7.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.708 R♃
Mass
48.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.152 M♃
Density
0.53 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.165
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#159of 574

top 27.5%

This planet

7.94R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 67522 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.007.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0048.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.531.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 120411

HIP

HIP 67522

TIC

TIC 166527623

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6113920619134019456

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6113920619134019456

System

HIP 67522

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 7.936 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 574
Mass 48.300 M⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 574
Orbital period 14.33 d · percentile 44 / cohort 524
Distance 127.28 pc · percentile 28 / cohort 572
ESI 0.165 · percentile 18 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.335 days
Semi-major axis
0.1228 AU
Eccentricity
0.077
Inclination
89.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.33 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1228 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

5.660 h

Impact parameter b

0.260

Rp / R★

0.052800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,602.5026

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.052800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.140

Impact parameter (b)

0.260

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,602.5026

Long. of periastron (ω)

186.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.96500

Eq. Temperature

917K

(644 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.165

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Barber et al. 2024

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2024-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HIP 67522

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,675 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.380 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.220 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.000 dex

Stellar density

0.629 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

7.41 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

54.20 km/s

Rotation period

1.42 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
127.28 parsec
Light-years 415.13 ly
V-band magnitude
9.79 mag
Voyager-speed travel 7,320,841 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.110.810.57B9.79V9.63Gaia9.19TESS10.83Sloan g8.59J8.29H8.16K8.11W18.12W28.08W38.12W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

7.829 mas

Total Proper Motion

36.534 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-28.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.671 · y = -0.350 · z = -0.654

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 207.52600° · Dec -40.83590°

Galactic ℓ, b

314.748° · 20.686°

Ecliptic λ, β

220.883° · -27.442°

HTM-20 index

-193571194

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