Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
HD 15906 b
HD 15906 b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star HD 15906. Its year lasts 10.9 Earth days. It was discovered in 2023 by the Transit method.
| Host star | HD 15906 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 148.6 light-years (45.6 pc) |
| Orbital period | 10.9 days |
| Orbital radius | 0.09 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Radius | 2.24 R⊕ · 0.2 R♃ |
| Mass | 5.65 M⊕ · 0.0178 M♃ (estimated from the radius) |
| Density | 2.76 g/cm³ |
| Equilibrium temperature | 668 K (395 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 33.1 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2023 |
| Discovered by | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 33.1 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 4.5° across: 8.5 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.78. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 80° N. South of latitude 80° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1877. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.6 million years.
Planets in the same system
- HD 15906 c 21.6-day orbit · 2.93 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.