Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

HIP 71135 b

A neptune-like orbiting the m-type red dwarf HIP 71135, located approximately 105.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 18.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.91 g
  • An orbital period of 87.190 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3350 AU
  • Distance from Earth 105.45 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.505
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 1,859,608 years

HIP 71135 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.406 R♃
Mass
18.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.059 M♃
Density
1.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.91 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.505
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Las Campanas Observatory
Telescope 6.5 m Magellan II Clay Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#457of 574

top 79.4%

This planet

4.55R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 71135 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0018.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.912.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 18.800 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 71135

TIC

TIC 457695809

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5897706154359881088

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5897706154359881088

System

HIP 71135

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.550 R⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 574
Mass 18.800 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 574
Orbital period 87.19 d · percentile 79 / cohort 524
Distance 32.33 pc · percentile 10 / cohort 572
ESI 0.505 · percentile 91 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
87.190 days
Semi-major axis
0.3350 AU
Eccentricity
0.210
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 87.19 Earth days (23.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.3350 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.505

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Feng et al. 2019

Instrument

Carnegie Planet Finder Spectrograph

Publication

2019-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: HIP 71135

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

4,146 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.681 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.660 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.542 dex

Stellar density

2.523 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

71.08 km/s

Distance
32.33 parsec
Light-years 105.45 ly
V-band magnitude
10.53 mag
Voyager-speed travel 1,859,608 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.111.811.80B10.53V9.96Gaia9.16TESS8.04J7.40H7.24K7.16W17.21W27.16W37.08W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

30.901 mas

Total Proper Motion

255.044 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-250.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-48.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.477 · y = -0.375 · z = -0.795

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 218.21581° · Dec -52.64648°

Galactic ℓ, b

318.115° · 7.210°

Ecliptic λ, β

234.180° · -35.451°

HTM-20 index

-103481914

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