Exoplanet · Neptune-like planet
HD 60779 c
HD 60779 c is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star HD 60779. Its year lasts 105 Earth days. It was discovered in 2026 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | HD 60779 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 115.6 light-years (35.4 pc) |
| Orbital period | 105 days |
| Eccentricity | 0.041 |
| Radius | 5.79 R⊕ · 0.517 R♃ |
| Mass (minimum) | 28.3 M⊕ · 0.089 M♃ |
| Density | 0.801 g/cm³ |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2026 |
| Discovered by | Roque de los Muchachos Observatory |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 7.16); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 87° N. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1910. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.
Planets in the same system
- HD 60779 b 30-day orbit · 3.25 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.