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HD 213885 c

HD 213885 c is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star HD 213885. Its year lasts 4.79 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Radial Velocity method.

Host starHD 213885
Distance156.8 light-years (48.1 pc)
Orbital period4.79 days
Orbital radius0.0568 AU
Eccentricity0.000
Radius4.71 R⊕ · 0.42 R♃
Mass (minimum)20 M⊕ · 0.0628 M♃
Density1.05 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature1,265 K (992 °C)
Stellar flux received427 × Earth
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery year2019
Discovered byMultiple Observatories

Habitable zone

Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 427 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 10° across: 19 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.95); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 30° N. South of latitude 30° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1869. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.8 million years.

Planets in the same system

Open in the simulation

Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.