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HD 21411 b

HD 21411 b is a gas giant orbiting the star HD 21411. Its year lasts 84.3 Earth days. It was discovered in 2019 by the Radial Velocity method.

Host starHD 21411
Distance95.0 light-years (29.1 pc)
Orbital period84.3 days
Orbital radius0.362 AU
Eccentricity0.400
Radius9.52 R⊕ · 0.849 R♃
Mass (minimum)65.9 M⊕ · 0.207 M♃
Density0.42 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature408 K (135 °C)
Stellar flux received4.14 × Earth
Discovery methodRadial Velocity
Discovery year2019
Discovered byLas Campanas Observatory

Habitable zone

Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 4.14 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 1.2° across: 2.3 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.88); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 59° N. South of latitude 59° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1931. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.

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.