Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
HD 1461 b
HD 1461 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star HD 1461. Its year lasts 5.77 Earth days. It was discovered in 2010 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | HD 1461 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 76.5 light-years (23.5 pc) |
| Orbital period | 5.77 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.0634 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Radius | 2.42 R⊕ · 0.216 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 6.44 M⊕ · 0.0203 M♃ |
| Density | 2.5 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 1,185 K (912 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 310 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2010 |
| Discovered by | W. M. Keck Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 310 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 9.7° across: 18 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.47). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 82° N. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1950. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.4 million years.
Planets in the same system
- HD 1461 c 13.5-day orbit · 2.23 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.