Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

LP 714-47 b

A neptune-like orbiting the m-type red dwarf LP 714-47, located approximately 171.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 30.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.39 g
  • An orbital period of 4.052 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0417 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 700 K (427 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 171.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.300
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,026,346 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

LP 714-47 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.419 R♃
Mass
30.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.097 M♃
Density
1.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.39 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.300
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#432of 574

top 75.1%

This planet

4.70R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth LP 714-47 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0030.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.392.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0038.540.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 30.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 70899085

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3189306030970782208

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3189306030970782208

System

LP 714-47

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.700 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 574
Mass 30.800 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 574
Orbital period 4.05 d · percentile 13 / cohort 524
Distance 52.62 pc · percentile 16 / cohort 572
ESI 0.300 · percentile 49 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.052 days
Semi-major axis
0.0417 AU
Eccentricity
0.040
Inclination
87.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.05 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0417 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.551 %

Duration

1.561 h

Impact parameter b

0.757

Rp / R★

0.075100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,774.7034

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,512 ppm lasting ≈ 1.56 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.075100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.757

RV semi-amplitude (K)

17.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,774.7034

Long. of periastron (ω)

219.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.79300

Eq. Temperature

700K

(427 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

38.54

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.300

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

Dreizler et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-12

Observation locale

Space

Host System: LP 714-47

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

3,950 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

0.584 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.590 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.41

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

3.733 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-8.04 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

33.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
52.62 parsec
Light-years 171.61 ly
V-band magnitude
12.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,026,346 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.213.913.93B12.49V11.73Gaia10.73TESS9.49J8.83H8.63K8.50W18.54W28.43W38.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

18.977 mas

Total Proper Motion

203.434 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

49.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-197.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.426 · y = 0.880 · z = -0.209

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 64.19022° · Dec -12.08486°

Galactic ℓ, b

206.041° · -39.734°

Ecliptic λ, β

59.552° · -32.837°

HTM-20 index

135833636

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